Dr.Manmohan Singh misleading the nation

Thursday, December 28, 2006
Dr. Manmohan Singh misleading the nation
Dr. Manmohan Singh, in proclaiming that Muslims must have the first claim on resources for development, is misleading the nation by suggesting that Governmental economic endeavours can be community specific. When members of both minority and majority communities live cheek by jowl in almost all regions of India (except maybe ethnically cleansed Kashmir Valley), how is the Government going to isolate the majority community and reach development resources only to the minority community? The truth is that economic development, by way of investment in infrastructure or production projects can only be region specific. Unless of course Dr. Manmohan Singh meant that he is going to take from development resources and line the pockets of individual members of the Muslim community.

In making such proclamations, Dr. Manmohan Singh is donning the mantle of Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

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Posted By Venu Gopal Comments (2) Politics
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Peeyush Verma Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:00:20 PM
It certainly redicule the nation. Pacification has become the major platform of the politicians. National intrest has become meaningless. In the case of reservation all political parties played to their tune. Only GOD knows who are the ultimate beneficiaries. The question is, how long these politician will remain our saviour.
das kapital Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:44:08 PM
ethnically cleansed Kashmir valley and GUJARAT! except these 2 states people live cheek by jowl!

Gandhi and the task on hand

[My e-mail in Haindava Keralam yahoo community.] I do not know why we are criticizing Gandhi. What relevance has he today, unless you agree to his philosophy and wish to implement it in today's world? As members of a Hindu forum, we have to recognize our greatest challenge, take stock of our strengths and overcome our weaknesses. I think our greatest challenge is the Islamic mindset, which, having once truncated our country, is plotting again on the same lines. One thing we can openly do in public forums is to demolish the base upon which Islam stands - that it alone is the true religion, that Allah is the only true God and that Quran is God's last word and all other religions and scriptures are outdated. We can demolish these assumptions of the Muslims by understanding our Advaitic vision, awakening to it and spreading its light. The very light of Advaita would banish the darkness of Islam. Our greatest weakness is that we seem to loose focus. It is better we consider these things rather than seek mere academic discussion on Gandhi and all that. This is my humble opinion.

Win-win for car owners and passengers

Thursday, December 14, 2006 Comment on blog WIN-WIN for car-owners as well as passengers This is a brilliant suggestion. Practical problems would include the slowing down of traffic due to cars often stopping to pick up and leave passengers. I suggest the fare should only be that of bus-fare. Also, only car-owners should be allowed this picking up. Employee-drivers would seek to make a fast buck and hence there would be competition on the roads. 8:28:03 PM Posted By Venu Gopal Comments (2) Uncategorized Comments govind Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:04:55 PM May we have link to original blog to comment on yours please ? K.Venugopal Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:42:43 PM The original blog was posted on Thursday Dec 14 at 3.07.30 PM.

Thursday, December 14, 2006
WIN-WIN for car-owners as well as passengers
In Delhi , daily I drive my Maruti 800 from Karol Bagh to ITO and find so many passengers standing to go on same route but I feel hesitant to give them lift in my car as
* daily it's not possible
* who knows one of them will snatch my keys and run away with my car
*passengers also feel why I am offering the lift ?
So an interesting situation develops daily :--
*my car is going empty but 3-4 persons can easily sit
* these 3-4 persons go uncomfortably in crowded buses / undisciplined auto etc
* in Delhi summer or winter when weather is at peak , they can easily enjoy AC of my car. During rains also , your attire remains intact in a car than other public transport .
If I am allowed to charge Rs 10/- each passenger ,
* I shall feel motivated to offer lift to 3-4 persons daily
* my petrol-expenses shall get a sort of reimbursement
* passengers will also feel inclined to take a " paid " journey rather than a free lift.
Initially to make the scheme popular , let Delhi Govt not charge anything. Only on payment of token ONETIME processing fee of Rs 100 /- , let a sticker be issued to me so that passengers may know I am " legally ' allowed to give them lift . Only ( genuine ) car-owners with mobile numbers be given this ticker to avoid misuse. Many Colonies / societies also issue Car-passes these days --let Delhi Govt give power to RWAs to issue such stickers so that responsibility is there.
These are , however , my first thoughts only . Please comment here so that scheme is WIN-WIN for car-owners / passengers alike.
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M.F. Hussain and the Danish cartoonists

Tuesday, December 12, 2006 M.F.Hussain and the Danish cartoonists Artistic freedom should mean both the artist's freedom (everybody and anybody can be considered to be an artist) and the freedom to produce artistic works without any bar whatsoever. (Here again, everybody and anybody’s work can be considered an artistic work, for beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.) So does artistic freedom mean freedom to anybody and everybody to do anything and everything he or she pleases? Absolutely not. We should classify people and activities that cause violence as being unfit for freedom and put them behind bars till they sober down. (Or hang them if they are incorrigible.) The question is, has M.F. Hussain caused violence? He has not. Nor had the Danish cartoonists. Whatever violence followed or is threatened is due to psychological reasons. This we must distinguish from physical violence caused directly by the artist or his work. My contention is that psychological violence is the result of a spiritual lack and the cause cannot be anywhere else other than in the perpetrators of the violence itself, not in an artist or his art. [I intended to post this as comment on Jumbo Jumbo’s blog on the subject but could not. Is NDTV purposely fouling things up because Jumbo Jumbo is an unabashed Hindutvavadi?} 9:00:05 PM Posted By Venu Gopal Comments (0) Uncategorized Comments amused Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:27:54 PM Its simple. Its an accepted norm that nobody should play with the sentiments of religion. But in India, there is double standard for this. If something offensive against Hinduism is commited its seen as the Intellectual or individual freedome choice. If the same is done on other religions, its seen as Heinous crime and from intellectuals to Politicians stand first in criticizing it, taking credit of banning it first in the whole world. jumbo_jumbo Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:33:27 PM dear venu bhaithanx for your compliment. i am proud to be communal if that means standing up for my religion and my culturewhat was hussain's intentions behind the paintings? what would have gone wroong had he clothed sita. why the muslim and christian paintings are shown as fully clothed, while only the hindu paintings are portrayed in a vulgar mannerhindus look upon sita as a goddess and hanuman as a divine being. we have tolerated this thing for too long now K.Venugopal Friday, December 15, 2006 9:39:35 AM Dear Amused, You are right. It is the double standards that is the biggest threat to freedom. We have to first expose the secular brigade who practise double standards. If M.F. Hussain's nude Sita is artistic freedom, then so are the Satanic Verses and the Danish cartoons. We can't have selective freedom. Dear Jumbo Jumbo, I agree with you that the sacred should not be tampered with. Still, we should always allow the broadening of perspectives. This has always been the Hindu tradition - whatever can be argued to be true, its opposite too can be argued to be true. However, I would not be able to morally defend M.F. Hussain if I am not able to similarly defend Salman Rushdie and the Danish cartoonists. We are losing our freedom because of secular hypocrisy. kknath Friday, December 15, 2006 11:20:54 PM artistic freedom does not mean that you con do any thing, just like freedom of expression does not mean you can say any thing or for that matter the journalist can write what-ever he pleases. a moral responsibility is attached to all things that you do more if you are a public figure ie. you have recognition in public.there is some limitation imposed by the Govt. in all fields which have public domain or where public unrest is expected.that is the reason why the Satanic versus was banned. if this is correct then the paintings of mf hussain who has hurt the feelings of the majority population by repeatedly doing the same inspite the protests and (threats about his well being are extreme and deserve condemnation) acts not involving him physically has to follow suite in the same logic.its only here in india that you can play with the religious sentiments of the majority and still get away with it scot free. why this differentiation when the minority like christians and muslims are not on the same footing.let our jouranlist friends also understand that there actions are under scnnaer of the public.

Mahatma Gandhi

[My comment in Haindava Keralam yahoogroup. Dear Dr. S. Sharma, You are talking of the destruction of Congress Party of India as being essential in order to eradicate Gandhian mentality. You must be joking because the Congress of today has nothing to do with Gandhian mentality. The problem with the Congress is that it is given to Muslim appeasement and corruption. Mahatma Gandhi however believed in and lived certain ideals which were very much ahead of his time, though he was inspired by ancient teachings. If John Stuart Mills talks of fighting for what one wants, Vedanta talks of getting rid of the wants itself, what to say of fighting. Krishna may have advised Arjuna to fight, but remember it was a fight against adharma, not for measly wants. That way, Gandhiji too fought, did he not? He could have quietly continued his practice in South Africa and returned to India a very rich man and led a comfortable retired life. But he took up a fight on Dharmic lines. K.Venugopal

Periyar's statue

[This was posted in Haindava Keralam comment slot.] K. Venugopal 12/9/2006 9:41:35 AM I think those who are dedicated to the cause of Hindutva have two problems in situations like these. If suppose we declare war on DK on this issue, what happens? Much violence, the brunt borne mostly by innocents. Even if we defeat DK, would we win? For after all, aren't the DK folks too Hindus, though they don't want to accept it? So declaring war on them would never bring us any victory. But the other major problem remains. If we accept defeat on this issue, we would loose all self confidence and DK would be cultivated by Islamic forces to be their sword arm in terrorising Hindus.My suggestion is that we install a Ganapati idol right in front of DK headquarters or in front of a prominent Periyar statue. Then regular bhajans and deepa-aradhanas would create the proper atmosphere for everyone to understand that idol-installation is a Hindu act and DK cannot beat us in this game.

Dr. Manmohan Singh converts!

Saturday, December 9, 2006 Dr. Manmohan Singh converts! The Prime Minister said today that minorities and Muslims in particular must have the first claim on resources for development. Arjun Singh has succeeded in converting Dr. Manmohan Singh to being a crypto Muslim. 8:19:57 PM Posted By Venu Gopal Comments (2) Politics Comments iyer53 Saturday, December 9, 2006 9:59:32 PM Its not as simple as you make it sound.The compulsions of coalition politics/dharma could have been the factor.or the simplest excuse could have been the art of survival,which could have forced one to singalong.Or the person could have matured enough to know how to survive in the dog eat dog world from the acadmic to full grown politician. chandrashant Saturday, December 9, 2006 10:20:37 PM The prime minister of India must think before speaking. This type of talk is cheap populism.

Caste or communities?

[This was posted in Haindava Keralam yahoo.group e-mail.]

According to me caste feeling is a henious feeling, the antidote for which is undiluted Hindutva. However, if we see castes as strands of colourful communites in the magnificant fabric of Hindutva, we would come to cherish, respect and honour all our various communities without any feeling of high and low and be proud o ourselves.

Sidhu and the high moral ground

Friday, December 8, 2006 Sidhu and the high moral ground Navjot Singh Sidhu has been taking a high moral ground (where none really exists in his case) to pretend not to be squirming at the court verdict. This is an opportunity for him to prove his moral fibre. He should not appeal the sentence but march straight to jail to atone for the sin of having killed an elderly man in a fit of anger. In jail he should meditate so that he is truly a better man when he is out. This way he would be known as a person who can add the moral punch to his words. 9:23:17 AM Posted By Venu Gopal Comments (0) Uncategorized