Its been 60 years since India got rid of its British Imperial rulers and their pupet kings or 'princes' as the British rulers referred to the local rulers. India was a money minting machine for the British Imperialists. Post Independence it were the bureaucratic rulers. While we have been unable to get rid of the bureaucratic imperials we have added another group. The political rulers. These people are appointed or elected to govern out nation. These people in turn the rulers of our nation. We are a source to bolster their income. We have always been money minting machine for our rulers.
Today we live in a Scam Raj. Now scams are not rare. There are always a few people who are interested in making easy bucks. The problem here is that the very people who are supposed to protect us from these scams, are part of these scams. A few elements in a society involved in such scams to earn easy bucks is understandable, but there is something seriously wrong when majority of those who are part of the government are involved in such and have absolutely no shame despite getting caught. They are no longer afraid of the people. That makes one wonder why. What is it about our country that makes us so easy target. Maybe its the lack of unity. Maybe its the selfish gene. Maybe it is general apathy towards rules and regulation. Maybe it is indifference towards other humans. Maybe it is lack of civil sense amongst the citizens. Maybe it is all of it. Whatever the reason maybe, we are an easy target for looting. These bureaucrats or politicians do no drop out of heaven or hell, nor are they from some different country or world. They are part of our population. People get the government that they deserve. Even in dictatorship it is them same. It is because the people allow the dictator to rule over them, that they have the power over the people. No person can rule over a person without his/her consent.
So if we have such thieves ruling us, we have only ourselves to blame. We who get carried away with the politics based on regions , religions, caste or whatever else it is that divides us. India is known for its unity in diversity. I guess we have lost unity and now what is left is diveristy. I am sure our poiliticians would be happy and proud of what they have achieved. After they just love divisive politics and the way our populance is divided along every concievable line, we are just easing their games. They are well aware that as long as we maintain this divide they wont have to really put in any efforts for the country and its people to retain their power. This has made them fearless.
Previously people used to joke that the main qualification to be a politician was to have some criminal record. Today those jokes say scam record instead of criminal record. The jokes still remain. That is the root of all problems. We are joke about such serious issues.
The scam like Aadarsh, 2G , CWG and Telgi are just a few big scam which were exposed. There may be many more which never made it to public. One such scam which is right before the public eyes but has been ignored is the Parliament scam. This scam is led by Opposition in Indian Paliament. Indian treasury spends crores on everr Paliamentry session. That money surely does not come out of these suckers coffers. Its the taxpayers money. They state that the money is spent on Parlimentry Affairs. The money is spent on welfare of people by providing facilities to peoples representatives who meet every few months to deliberate on prevous actions of government and decide future course for the country. Did I miss something or was the recently concluded winter session of the Parliament which was concluded without any biz. being conducted, in any way for welfare of my country. These suckers enjoyed the hospitality at our expenses. What work did they do? Surely if these are elected by popular support of the people they must be doing some work to have such support. Maybe I had dozed off when they were working. These 'representatives' are holding the People Of The Republic Of India at ransom because the people did not allow them to be the government and they were forced to sit in oppostion. Perhaps they are just too lazy and wanted to spend more time in suites provided to them at public expense. Maybe they were fooling the people of India into believing that they were doing graet work for the people by stalling the Parliament by making suire that the curent scamster government was made answerable for the scams.Whatever it was, the country was swindled of crores of Rupees.
The sad part of this second largest democracy is that all these elected representatives of the people are not answerble to those who elect them. They are not forced to atone for their crimes. Pity. These scamsters go free.
The likes of Kalamadi or Raja never get any punishment. After all its the 'Scam Raj, dupe the public treasury of money and maybe yopu can get to be next Prime Minister, if not that then at least a MP.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Foriegn Policy?
The Indian government would do great as a circus.It is full (or should I say fool) of Jokers. The cabinet positions are much respected positions.These positions deserve respect since the constitution vests that respect and power in those posts.Yet what can one do when those in that position have lost the respect.Those occupying the posts are seem unworthy.Unworthy people occupying that position itself is an insult to it.Today with emerging trend of party based politics, it is not easy to get those who loose respect of the nation to step down. Similarly it is difficult to keep an unworthy person from occupying the position.The current cabinet has lost my trust and respect and indeed my confidence.Unfortunately the common man cannot call for no-confidence motion, not that it would do any good, what with votes being put up for sale. There was a time until very recently when I respected Prime Minister of India, but recent actions have made me rethink about my position.The SAARC summit has just exposed them for what they really are, bunch of blundering baboons. I do not know what they are really thinking, or even if they are thinking at all. Perhaps they are thinking and have decided to sell out this country. My accusations might seem harsh, but that is what the evidence suggests. Is it not evidence that the judiciary wants? One blunder after another in our foriegn policy, or is it even a policy? A policy is a series of coordinated activities to achieve an aim.A drunken baboon would have a better body co-ordination. The ministry seems to have decided to make India a laughing stock for the world with their flip flops. Would the person making Indian foreign policy please stand up, and explain what the foreign policy actually is? Or is there any policy at all? Unless of course the policy is to isolate India in the international arena, and that the Chinese or the US are our new imperial rulers, ruling through the elite class of our country of course. Just like the corporate acquisition. Just the owners,'We the people', having no right to decide. As long as these elite rulers keep pleasing the imperials they get to keep power and accumulate wealth.
Resuming talks with Pakistan was just the icing on the cake. What are we trying to prove to the world? That India is weak country, which can be forced to go whichever way other countries want it to move? Every time we initiate talks with our wonderful and friendly neighbor , we end up having a terror strike. Is our ruling elite so naive to believe that just because it is got 'Pak' in its name, the country has pure intentions?A country that does everything it can to support anti-India terror groups in their land? One moment we make a statement that there shall be no talks unless Pakistan cracks down on its terror outfits. Next is a complete turnaround and India is suddenly ready for talks irrespective of whether Pakistan cracks down on terror outfits seeing as how well the Foreign Sec level talks went, or how the Pakistan government seems to be denying there to be any credible evidence against the terror outfits and Hafeez Saeed from Indian side. If they are refuting a credible evidence than that shows the Pakistan government is not at all interested in breaking down the anit-India terror activity, showing a clear nexus between the terrorists and the government.That means talks are useless, an indication that any anti-India activity will go unpunished and we will do whatever they want us to do.Resuming the talks shows that we have got no will power. We will succumb to pressure and that they continue with supporting terrorists. The Pakistan government is not at all credible.So why bother with talks if we know there is nothing to be achieved from such talks when our neighbors have no no will to resolve it amicably. If their interest is to destroy India, no talks will change that. On the other hand if the Indian government wants to say that Pakistan government has got honorable intentions concerning India, that means that our government is lieing to us and they have indeed not provided any credible evidence against the likes of Hafeez Saeed. That gives us the question what the hell is the Indian Government playing at.Do they think the people of India are fools? Either way the agreement to resume dialogue without any action against the anti-India terror activity by Pakistan government is failure of Indian foreign policy, giving out a clear signal that Pakistan can continue anti-India activity.So much for an aspiring superpower.You call that being assertive? Well unless of course India becomes a superpower by virtue of being a colony of some other superpower like China or USA.
Was this the only blunder? No. Just the latest in a series of well coordinated blunders.
South Asia which was once Indian sphere of influence since India was the largest and dominant country in the region is no more our sphere.It seems more under Chinese sphere.Nepal being the most glaring of examples.Nepal which was once like another de-facto state of India with every aspect of Nepal policy being decided by India is slowly but surely moving towards China. Prachanda, a person who is thoroughly anti-India and pro-China had become a PM of Nepal.Even after being forced to resign he continues to wield considerable influence over Nepal foreign policy.A person who is absolutely anti-India and considers India as enemy of Nepal gets elected as PM of a country which had once wanted to join India as a state shows that India has lost foot in Nepal.
Sri-Lanka which had once been convinced by India to accept the IPKF to deal with the LTTE menace and was nearly dependent on India for its weapons and equipment is now under Chinese influence, seeing the large amount of Chinese investment in the region. Pakistan is hands down Chinese. If the reports are to be believed then China is building a port in Pakistan.A naval port which shall also house Chinese warships.That with the nuclear power plants being built by China for Pakistan. The road network in POK.The arms facilities being built by the Chinese in Pakistan for Pakistan. Let us not forget how Pakistan got its first nuclear or the bomb building facilities.
How bout the failure of Indian diplomacy in Myanmar. The country which at one time was administered from India, was considered part of Indian colony.The Azad Hind government was truly thought to be established after the capture of the capital of this very country.Now it is a Chinese domain.
Bangladesh while truly not yet under Chinese has started showing resentment against India. The rise in disputes with India. The safe haven for anti-India activist in that country under the leadership of Khaleda Zia. The very country which was first granted recognition by India, and got recognition from other countries because of Indian advocacy for that country, not to mention that Pakistan granted recognition to Bangladesh because of the Shimla treaty between India and Pakistan.Lest we forget Bangladesh was formed because Indian military intervention and the aid to millions of refugees from East Pakistan.Considering the role of Indian the very existence of Bangladesh it is ridiculous to see that even Bangladesh seems to be drifting away from us.
Next comes Iran. I seriously am at loss as to the reason for distancing from Iran. A country which has been a strategic ally of India for so long.Actually I am sure I know why we have been going against Iran. Because the Prime Minister wishes to suck up to the US. Since US has vested interest in going against Iran, it means we have to go as well.It doesnt matter that Indian interests are best served going with Iran instead of against them.It has been the lone Indian voice in the OIC.The only supporter of India.It was Iran that has blocked anti-India resolutions moved by Pakistan in the OIC.It has supported Indian entry in the OIC against vehement Pakistani opposition. An Islamic country that has gone against other Islamic nations to defend India.Now it seems Iran which lost support from India is now gravitating towards China. Funnily the US is trying to garner support from Pakistan and doing whatever it can to help them. So we end up isolating Iran to please US and the US has no interest in growth of India. Voting against Iran at the IAEA just to please the US was a bit hypocritical. Considering that India itself had suffered from such discrimination from the US for developing Nuclear weapons, India should empathize with Iran and support their cause.India still suffers from discrimination. The US is pressurizing India to join the NPT as a non-nuclear nation.We oppose it stating that it is discriminatory. Why is it then we oppose Iran developing nuclear weapons? We argue that if US has a right to defend itself with nuclear weapons then so does India, since it has developed its own nuclear weapons. Then why don't we extend similar consideration for Iran. Are we not acting exactly like the US? Why did we vote against Iran? Why are we sucking up to our enemies like China, Pakistan and US and alienating our allies like the Russia or Iran.
China is using Indo-Pak rivalry to contain India. Why not use Sino-Japanese rivalry to contain China? If we have enemies so does China. We can establish ties with ROC(Taiwan), South-Korea, Japan.We could establish our presence in that region by establishing good ties with North and South Korea. If China can pull our traditional allies like Nepal away from us, we can pull away North Korea from China.The largest trade partner in SAARC nations is not India but China. As a matter of fact China is one of the largest trade partners of India too. What is next? China becoming largest defence manufacturer for India?Why is there confusion about whether or not Chinese soldiers are entering Indian territory.There is complete lack of coordination. Some say Chinese are slowly taking control of Indian territory and crossing the border,others are saying that it is not the case and whatever is happening is because of difference in perception of the border.Please let us know what the case is.
The other blunder is in Africa. Africa is a resource rich continent. While all countries are competing to get a share of those resources, India as usual is busy with blunders. China is well ahead of India with the aids and investment in Africa. We are talking about competing with China and being the world superpower.We need to invest in African nations. We need to get control over as much resources in Africa as possible to drive our own economy in the future. We need to control imports and promote exports. Yet is seems our government has been unable to achieve any of that.The person who had been establishing good ties with African nations has been scaked. Granted that he has been controversial, but he is the one we need to make inroads in Africa diplomatically.I am talking about Mr. Tharoor. Yet another example of failed foreign policy.
The series of blunders do not end there.India moving towards US. We may think that we are very important for the US but we are sorely mistaken.We are just pawns of US expansionist policy.Pakistan is more important to US than India. I would not be surprised if US gives in to the demand for a nuclear deal for Pakistan as well.US is already providing lots of aid to Pakistan.It is for Pakistani war against terror.If that is indeed the case why is Pakistan receiving weapons which are useless against the Taliban but useful against India? Why are all these weapons ending up on Indian border?The other non-Taliban terror outfits which co-incidentally are anti-Indian are running rampant. So we finance the weapons for Pakistan, our enemy.We purchase weapons from the US at high prices with low quality. These profits are used to finance weapons for Pakistan. As Pakistan acquires more weapons we spend more money to acquire more equipment from US to counter Pakistan. This is a never ending cycle.Pakistan gets free weapons to use against India sponsored by India.Some would call that treachery.Are the government officials turning traitors?The nuclear liability bill is another one traitorous bill by the government. I do hope that it is never passed.The US is insisting that India pass the bill quickly so that US firms can enter the Indian market fast, since with other countries entering the market already and having already concluded few agreements, the US firms feel left back.Well if they do not want to enter without the Nuclear Liability Bill, let them not.It should not be our concern.Considering the outrageous provisions of the bill, it is not in our best interests.To know the outrageous details of this bill please visit the following site.
http://internationalaffairs.suite101.com/article.cfm/nuclear-liability-bill-2010-india-part--ii
Which sane Indian would want to support this bill.
Mr.Singh is known for his economic prowess. He liberalized Indian economy.He worked for the World Bank.His knowledge is something to be respected.His simplicity of life and conduct is worth respecting. It is worth mentioning that even though he is PM of India, his family has never tried to use that position to hog the limelight like other politicians family.For all those commendable qualities, one cannot help but ask these questions.What the hell is up with Indian foreign policy? Who the hell is framing the policy if anyone at all and why are they messing up?Are they selling out our nation? It seems like Mr. Singh is incompetent at his job or just going senile with age because the last remaining possibility for such a messed up foreign policy of Mr.Singh's government is a terrible one. The possibility of treachery.
It seems that Indian future is doomed. On one hand we have the Mr.Singh led governement. On the other hand we have the BJP which is a pro US party too and a highly communal one at that. The third option is the Left parties led by CPM. A pro China party, one which I would hardly term progressive. The last option is the fourth front.The less said about this front, the better. It is a party of hooligans.The RJD , the BSP and the SP. Highly regressive,narrow minded, casteist', uneducated corrupt and self obsessed group members.They have been unable to develop the states they are in power. So I doubt they would of help to the country. Lack of good options seems will be the cause of the doom. We really need a good 5th option.Unless there is a rise of another option for the voters, an option which is interested in growth of India, our future seems bleak. Let us hope that there is no formation of Islamic Republic of India, as envisaged by the ISI anytime soon.I do not know about the rest of the people of our country but personally I would not want to stay in Islamic Republic of India. I would rather it stayed secular and independent of foreign forces.Therefore I would like to ask Mr. PM what do you think you are doing agreeing to talk with our sweet neighbors while they refuse to crack down on anti-India militants.As a citizen of this country, which fortunately is a democracy, I think the PM and his cabinet is answerable to me and my fellow countrymen about where they seem to be leading my country.Mr. PM, you are supposed to be caretakers of my country, the trustees trustees of this country.Yet I find it hard to trust you or your cabinet.This is my personal opinion and while others may not agree with me, this government has lost my faith and trust, not that they would care as long as they retain their power.
Resuming talks with Pakistan was just the icing on the cake. What are we trying to prove to the world? That India is weak country, which can be forced to go whichever way other countries want it to move? Every time we initiate talks with our wonderful and friendly neighbor , we end up having a terror strike. Is our ruling elite so naive to believe that just because it is got 'Pak' in its name, the country has pure intentions?A country that does everything it can to support anti-India terror groups in their land? One moment we make a statement that there shall be no talks unless Pakistan cracks down on its terror outfits. Next is a complete turnaround and India is suddenly ready for talks irrespective of whether Pakistan cracks down on terror outfits seeing as how well the Foreign Sec level talks went, or how the Pakistan government seems to be denying there to be any credible evidence against the terror outfits and Hafeez Saeed from Indian side. If they are refuting a credible evidence than that shows the Pakistan government is not at all interested in breaking down the anit-India terror activity, showing a clear nexus between the terrorists and the government.That means talks are useless, an indication that any anti-India activity will go unpunished and we will do whatever they want us to do.Resuming the talks shows that we have got no will power. We will succumb to pressure and that they continue with supporting terrorists. The Pakistan government is not at all credible.So why bother with talks if we know there is nothing to be achieved from such talks when our neighbors have no no will to resolve it amicably. If their interest is to destroy India, no talks will change that. On the other hand if the Indian government wants to say that Pakistan government has got honorable intentions concerning India, that means that our government is lieing to us and they have indeed not provided any credible evidence against the likes of Hafeez Saeed. That gives us the question what the hell is the Indian Government playing at.Do they think the people of India are fools? Either way the agreement to resume dialogue without any action against the anti-India terror activity by Pakistan government is failure of Indian foreign policy, giving out a clear signal that Pakistan can continue anti-India activity.So much for an aspiring superpower.You call that being assertive? Well unless of course India becomes a superpower by virtue of being a colony of some other superpower like China or USA.
Was this the only blunder? No. Just the latest in a series of well coordinated blunders.
South Asia which was once Indian sphere of influence since India was the largest and dominant country in the region is no more our sphere.It seems more under Chinese sphere.Nepal being the most glaring of examples.Nepal which was once like another de-facto state of India with every aspect of Nepal policy being decided by India is slowly but surely moving towards China. Prachanda, a person who is thoroughly anti-India and pro-China had become a PM of Nepal.Even after being forced to resign he continues to wield considerable influence over Nepal foreign policy.A person who is absolutely anti-India and considers India as enemy of Nepal gets elected as PM of a country which had once wanted to join India as a state shows that India has lost foot in Nepal.
Sri-Lanka which had once been convinced by India to accept the IPKF to deal with the LTTE menace and was nearly dependent on India for its weapons and equipment is now under Chinese influence, seeing the large amount of Chinese investment in the region. Pakistan is hands down Chinese. If the reports are to be believed then China is building a port in Pakistan.A naval port which shall also house Chinese warships.That with the nuclear power plants being built by China for Pakistan. The road network in POK.The arms facilities being built by the Chinese in Pakistan for Pakistan. Let us not forget how Pakistan got its first nuclear or the bomb building facilities.
How bout the failure of Indian diplomacy in Myanmar. The country which at one time was administered from India, was considered part of Indian colony.The Azad Hind government was truly thought to be established after the capture of the capital of this very country.Now it is a Chinese domain.
Bangladesh while truly not yet under Chinese has started showing resentment against India. The rise in disputes with India. The safe haven for anti-India activist in that country under the leadership of Khaleda Zia. The very country which was first granted recognition by India, and got recognition from other countries because of Indian advocacy for that country, not to mention that Pakistan granted recognition to Bangladesh because of the Shimla treaty between India and Pakistan.Lest we forget Bangladesh was formed because Indian military intervention and the aid to millions of refugees from East Pakistan.Considering the role of Indian the very existence of Bangladesh it is ridiculous to see that even Bangladesh seems to be drifting away from us.
Next comes Iran. I seriously am at loss as to the reason for distancing from Iran. A country which has been a strategic ally of India for so long.Actually I am sure I know why we have been going against Iran. Because the Prime Minister wishes to suck up to the US. Since US has vested interest in going against Iran, it means we have to go as well.It doesnt matter that Indian interests are best served going with Iran instead of against them.It has been the lone Indian voice in the OIC.The only supporter of India.It was Iran that has blocked anti-India resolutions moved by Pakistan in the OIC.It has supported Indian entry in the OIC against vehement Pakistani opposition. An Islamic country that has gone against other Islamic nations to defend India.Now it seems Iran which lost support from India is now gravitating towards China. Funnily the US is trying to garner support from Pakistan and doing whatever it can to help them. So we end up isolating Iran to please US and the US has no interest in growth of India. Voting against Iran at the IAEA just to please the US was a bit hypocritical. Considering that India itself had suffered from such discrimination from the US for developing Nuclear weapons, India should empathize with Iran and support their cause.India still suffers from discrimination. The US is pressurizing India to join the NPT as a non-nuclear nation.We oppose it stating that it is discriminatory. Why is it then we oppose Iran developing nuclear weapons? We argue that if US has a right to defend itself with nuclear weapons then so does India, since it has developed its own nuclear weapons. Then why don't we extend similar consideration for Iran. Are we not acting exactly like the US? Why did we vote against Iran? Why are we sucking up to our enemies like China, Pakistan and US and alienating our allies like the Russia or Iran.
China is using Indo-Pak rivalry to contain India. Why not use Sino-Japanese rivalry to contain China? If we have enemies so does China. We can establish ties with ROC(Taiwan), South-Korea, Japan.We could establish our presence in that region by establishing good ties with North and South Korea. If China can pull our traditional allies like Nepal away from us, we can pull away North Korea from China.The largest trade partner in SAARC nations is not India but China. As a matter of fact China is one of the largest trade partners of India too. What is next? China becoming largest defence manufacturer for India?Why is there confusion about whether or not Chinese soldiers are entering Indian territory.There is complete lack of coordination. Some say Chinese are slowly taking control of Indian territory and crossing the border,others are saying that it is not the case and whatever is happening is because of difference in perception of the border.Please let us know what the case is.
The other blunder is in Africa. Africa is a resource rich continent. While all countries are competing to get a share of those resources, India as usual is busy with blunders. China is well ahead of India with the aids and investment in Africa. We are talking about competing with China and being the world superpower.We need to invest in African nations. We need to get control over as much resources in Africa as possible to drive our own economy in the future. We need to control imports and promote exports. Yet is seems our government has been unable to achieve any of that.The person who had been establishing good ties with African nations has been scaked. Granted that he has been controversial, but he is the one we need to make inroads in Africa diplomatically.I am talking about Mr. Tharoor. Yet another example of failed foreign policy.
The series of blunders do not end there.India moving towards US. We may think that we are very important for the US but we are sorely mistaken.We are just pawns of US expansionist policy.Pakistan is more important to US than India. I would not be surprised if US gives in to the demand for a nuclear deal for Pakistan as well.US is already providing lots of aid to Pakistan.It is for Pakistani war against terror.If that is indeed the case why is Pakistan receiving weapons which are useless against the Taliban but useful against India? Why are all these weapons ending up on Indian border?The other non-Taliban terror outfits which co-incidentally are anti-Indian are running rampant. So we finance the weapons for Pakistan, our enemy.We purchase weapons from the US at high prices with low quality. These profits are used to finance weapons for Pakistan. As Pakistan acquires more weapons we spend more money to acquire more equipment from US to counter Pakistan. This is a never ending cycle.Pakistan gets free weapons to use against India sponsored by India.Some would call that treachery.Are the government officials turning traitors?The nuclear liability bill is another one traitorous bill by the government. I do hope that it is never passed.The US is insisting that India pass the bill quickly so that US firms can enter the Indian market fast, since with other countries entering the market already and having already concluded few agreements, the US firms feel left back.Well if they do not want to enter without the Nuclear Liability Bill, let them not.It should not be our concern.Considering the outrageous provisions of the bill, it is not in our best interests.To know the outrageous details of this bill please visit the following site.
http://internationalaffairs.suite101.com/article.cfm/nuclear-liability-bill-2010-india-part--ii
Which sane Indian would want to support this bill.
Mr.Singh is known for his economic prowess. He liberalized Indian economy.He worked for the World Bank.His knowledge is something to be respected.His simplicity of life and conduct is worth respecting. It is worth mentioning that even though he is PM of India, his family has never tried to use that position to hog the limelight like other politicians family.For all those commendable qualities, one cannot help but ask these questions.What the hell is up with Indian foreign policy? Who the hell is framing the policy if anyone at all and why are they messing up?Are they selling out our nation? It seems like Mr. Singh is incompetent at his job or just going senile with age because the last remaining possibility for such a messed up foreign policy of Mr.Singh's government is a terrible one. The possibility of treachery.
It seems that Indian future is doomed. On one hand we have the Mr.Singh led governement. On the other hand we have the BJP which is a pro US party too and a highly communal one at that. The third option is the Left parties led by CPM. A pro China party, one which I would hardly term progressive. The last option is the fourth front.The less said about this front, the better. It is a party of hooligans.The RJD , the BSP and the SP. Highly regressive,narrow minded, casteist', uneducated corrupt and self obsessed group members.They have been unable to develop the states they are in power. So I doubt they would of help to the country. Lack of good options seems will be the cause of the doom. We really need a good 5th option.Unless there is a rise of another option for the voters, an option which is interested in growth of India, our future seems bleak. Let us hope that there is no formation of Islamic Republic of India, as envisaged by the ISI anytime soon.I do not know about the rest of the people of our country but personally I would not want to stay in Islamic Republic of India. I would rather it stayed secular and independent of foreign forces.Therefore I would like to ask Mr. PM what do you think you are doing agreeing to talk with our sweet neighbors while they refuse to crack down on anti-India militants.As a citizen of this country, which fortunately is a democracy, I think the PM and his cabinet is answerable to me and my fellow countrymen about where they seem to be leading my country.Mr. PM, you are supposed to be caretakers of my country, the trustees trustees of this country.Yet I find it hard to trust you or your cabinet.This is my personal opinion and while others may not agree with me, this government has lost my faith and trust, not that they would care as long as they retain their power.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
And You Call Us Third World Dumbnuts?
OK, I will start by giving you the reason for this post. Basically we have a guest staying at our place who believes that it is India and the other developing economies' fault that the North American economy is in deep shit. He is American (duh!) (no offence). Now his argument is that countries like India and China are infringing on copyright laws and making boot-legged technological products for cheap that result in the originals not being sold. He claims that all the jobs that have been outsourced to such countries can easily be done in America by Americans and soon that shall happen. All I could say to him was, "How is it their fault that you do not want to give up the luxuries of life while they want to obtain the necessities of life?"
That question was not answered. A major reason for that is that I walked away with disgust in my stride, although the bigger reason was that he would not have been able to answer that question. Not with his closed mentality. The arguments that he put forth are grounded in reality, no doubt, but how can he miss facts like America lending out more money than it had, and America spending more than it had, Americans electing horrible president after horrible president (no Obama's "change" revolution is not very flattering so far) or even the fact that Americans do not possess the ability to distinguish between needs and wants.
Yes, the purpose of this post is to prove that the Americans, who are supposedly one of the most developed nations on the face of this planet, still possess a rudimentary mindset.
To Americans, India is a third world country with little scope of development. They believe that the only jobs India creates are jobs it has "stolen" from Americans. Of course not all Americans possess this thought. The educated Americans are exempted, but then they are greatly outnumbered by the ignoramuses. It is conveniently ignored that India and all other developing nations have had to battle the bias of the WTO, an organisation that seems to be an agent to the pompous asses like the U.S. and Co. It is quite evident that WTO is a whore owned by the developed nations when it has hardly done anything to prevent, and later penalize, the U.S move to protectionism. The basic aim of the WTO is to promote free trade (common sense), well, it forced developing nations (India being a strong example) to shed quotas on imports and exports and allow all products to be freely traded to and from developed countries. This is fine as long as a level playing field is maintained by imposing the same on developed nations, but the trend is then broken as the "rich countries" are permitted to impose high quotas on and in some cases completely block trade of certain commodities in order to promote their own local goods. This was exactly the case with U.S. protectionism.
The same gentleman commented that, "...capitalism is all about taking advantage of the small guy...". He is referring to the developing nations being screwed over by the developed nations. Well, to put it into perspective, what India has done with call centers is take advantage of the U.S and effectively made them the "small guy". How come the definition of capitalism differs from nation to nation? Or is this just American hypocrisy?
To comment on their stupidity, they have patented the medicinal use of herbs and plants like turmeric (now revoked), bitter-gourd, etc. These are things that Indians have been using since times B.C (before Christ). To patent items like these is not just mere stupidity, but also an indication of American ignorance of other cultures. In that case, Indians should obtain legal copyrights for plastic surgeries, cosmetic surgeries, caesarian section births, etc. since Sushruta performed all of these sometime between the 6th and 4th century B.C. He authored the Sushruta Samhita, the book describes over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures, classifies human surgery in 8 different categories, descriptions of 1120 illnesses, 700 medicinal plants, a detailed study on anatomy, 64 preparations from mineral sources and 57 preparations from animal sources. Well, let the Indians copyright that under the Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and let them collect a royalty on every operation that is listed in that book.
In 1997 an American company RiceTec. was granted rights to call aromatic rice grown outside of India "basmati". This came after they tried marketing the same rice with names like "kasmati" and "texmati". First of all, why is the U.S. patent office handing out patents for something that originated in India (common sense)!? Anyways I will spare you the pains of reading anymore proof of American ignorance. If, though, you are interested in learning what happened of the patent visit http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/basmati.htm
Albert Einstein has said for India, "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!" So all I ask for is a little respect. Not only for India, but also for every other developing nation, because today you maybe higher, but tomorrow your fall is inevitable, for in the words of Shakespeare, "...uneasy lies the head on which rests the crown."
this post first appeared on www.kidinwhitecountry.blogspot.com
Monday, February 1, 2010
Shamelessness at its best or worst
I came across an article about Meghalaya getting 2 Chief Ministers and could not hold it any longer. The utter shamelessness that has settled in our political circles has reached astounding levels. 60 years after becoming 'Republic' India seems to be scaling new heights where corruption is concerned. Those who framed our world famed constitution must be feeling insulted, or would have had they been alive, and it would have been rightly so. Seeing the way the constitution which was supposed to have a government by the people, for the people and of the people to have democratic government is nominally by the people (lack of choice takes away freedom of choice), definitely not for the people,but yes it is of the people if you call power struggle between few elite people as government of the people. Perhaps we should invent a new word to define government forced on the people(you could call it dictatorship, but it has absolutely no choice), by few power hungry politicians, for only the leisure of these politicians.
Corruption has been integral part of Indian politics and governance since I remember, but it was something behind the closet. Now it seems they are no more afraid to do it all in open.As katrina says in NewYork movie, she is well aware that John is involved in terrorsism but as long as he himself does not inform her of it, there is a hope that he could be turned back.The day that he acknowledges to her that he is a terrorist he would be truly lost. It seems that they are acknowledging their corrupt practices out in open and stating that they shall continue doing so. These people have lost every sense of decency and shame. They are no more afraid to make outrageous demand, because they know that these can be fulfilled. No longer do they have to fear the people, because no more are the people the boss. They are the boss and they can do as they like. Anyone who has watched the movie 'A Wednessday' may recall Naseerudeen Shah stating 'they have challenged us. The asked us a question. Ki bhai humlog to aise hi karte rahenge. Tum kya karoge.' The same way the government has been asking us the same question.They too are challenging us. We shall continue doing this.What are you the people going to do. We may be few but we can will take you all for granted.We shall use you for our own purposes. We are not there to serve you.You are there to serve us by giving us you hard earned money for our enjoyment. We are no longer public servants.The public is our servants. The only devlopment we are bothered about is our own. The country could go to dogs for all we care. This the attitude persistent amongst the governing circles.
Considering the current attitude it should not come as a surprise that a state has two Chief Minister.It is no longer a de-facto position. The second Chief Minster has been declared so by official notice. While the original Chief Minister shall wield the actual executive powers, the second one shall stay in advisory role to the first CM. That gives rise to a question why officially make him the CM if he is going to hold advisory role? Why not appoint him the advisor to the CM? That my friends is because as a CM he becomes entitled to various advantages without having any work. As a CM he shall be able to draw the salary of a CM, have the security and motorcade, free of cost five star housing, hell lot of servants and the perks all from the public treasury. The public treasury is supposed to be used to fulfill their whims not for public welfare. Next we shall have two Prime Ministers, Presidents and cabinets. Shall we have more Chief Justice of India too? Let us call everyone of the supposed public servant category as the President of India.Why not officially allocate 95% of the budget to serve the whims of these blood suckers?
This does not occur as an isolated incidence.The recent controversy with appointment of Justice Balakrishnan as the Cheif Justice of India, the attempt by the same Justice Balakrishnan to keep himself out of the purview of Right To Information Act.Justice Balakrishnan seems so desperate to remain out of the purview of RTI Act that he filed an appeal against the order of Delhi High Court stating that the Supreme Court is subject to RTI Act as well, in the Supreme Court. The Supreme court files an appeal against the High Court order, with the Supreme Court. It would have been hilarious had it not been a glaring example of the rampant corruption within the system.I would like to ask the CJI what is it that he is trying to hide. Why is it that he is so desperate to be excluded from the RTI Act?
What could be more shamless than insulting those who died during the 26/11 terror attacks. The then CM of Maharashtra who was removed from his post currently is cabinet Minister with the central government. The Home Minister is back to his old position, the then CP of Mumbai Mr. Hasan Gafoor too is enjoying himself. None of them showed even and ounce of shame, and ounce is used to measure the rare and highly expensive metal like gold. The shame in these people seems much more rarer than the rarest of metals.
I do not think any such acts should surprise us anymore. They know what the people think about them and they have become insensitive to such thoughts of people because they know whatever they do, they will be the ones elected anyways, so there is nothing to fear. Everyone knows what is happening, so they could as well do it in the open. If you think this is the height of shamelessness, think again. They are hell bent on proving you wrong about your negative thoughts concerning them.They can and will sink much lower than this while we watch on helplessly, wondering where did we loose it all, how could it all come down to this?
Welcome to the new changing India, where Corruption is the supreme law and pleasure of 'Public Servants' is the new discipline and supreme law.
Jaago Rey.
Corruption has been integral part of Indian politics and governance since I remember, but it was something behind the closet. Now it seems they are no more afraid to do it all in open.As katrina says in NewYork movie, she is well aware that John is involved in terrorsism but as long as he himself does not inform her of it, there is a hope that he could be turned back.The day that he acknowledges to her that he is a terrorist he would be truly lost. It seems that they are acknowledging their corrupt practices out in open and stating that they shall continue doing so. These people have lost every sense of decency and shame. They are no more afraid to make outrageous demand, because they know that these can be fulfilled. No longer do they have to fear the people, because no more are the people the boss. They are the boss and they can do as they like. Anyone who has watched the movie 'A Wednessday' may recall Naseerudeen Shah stating 'they have challenged us. The asked us a question. Ki bhai humlog to aise hi karte rahenge. Tum kya karoge.' The same way the government has been asking us the same question.They too are challenging us. We shall continue doing this.What are you the people going to do. We may be few but we can will take you all for granted.We shall use you for our own purposes. We are not there to serve you.You are there to serve us by giving us you hard earned money for our enjoyment. We are no longer public servants.The public is our servants. The only devlopment we are bothered about is our own. The country could go to dogs for all we care. This the attitude persistent amongst the governing circles.
Considering the current attitude it should not come as a surprise that a state has two Chief Minister.It is no longer a de-facto position. The second Chief Minster has been declared so by official notice. While the original Chief Minister shall wield the actual executive powers, the second one shall stay in advisory role to the first CM. That gives rise to a question why officially make him the CM if he is going to hold advisory role? Why not appoint him the advisor to the CM? That my friends is because as a CM he becomes entitled to various advantages without having any work. As a CM he shall be able to draw the salary of a CM, have the security and motorcade, free of cost five star housing, hell lot of servants and the perks all from the public treasury. The public treasury is supposed to be used to fulfill their whims not for public welfare. Next we shall have two Prime Ministers, Presidents and cabinets. Shall we have more Chief Justice of India too? Let us call everyone of the supposed public servant category as the President of India.Why not officially allocate 95% of the budget to serve the whims of these blood suckers?
This does not occur as an isolated incidence.The recent controversy with appointment of Justice Balakrishnan as the Cheif Justice of India, the attempt by the same Justice Balakrishnan to keep himself out of the purview of Right To Information Act.Justice Balakrishnan seems so desperate to remain out of the purview of RTI Act that he filed an appeal against the order of Delhi High Court stating that the Supreme Court is subject to RTI Act as well, in the Supreme Court. The Supreme court files an appeal against the High Court order, with the Supreme Court. It would have been hilarious had it not been a glaring example of the rampant corruption within the system.I would like to ask the CJI what is it that he is trying to hide. Why is it that he is so desperate to be excluded from the RTI Act?
What could be more shamless than insulting those who died during the 26/11 terror attacks. The then CM of Maharashtra who was removed from his post currently is cabinet Minister with the central government. The Home Minister is back to his old position, the then CP of Mumbai Mr. Hasan Gafoor too is enjoying himself. None of them showed even and ounce of shame, and ounce is used to measure the rare and highly expensive metal like gold. The shame in these people seems much more rarer than the rarest of metals.
I do not think any such acts should surprise us anymore. They know what the people think about them and they have become insensitive to such thoughts of people because they know whatever they do, they will be the ones elected anyways, so there is nothing to fear. Everyone knows what is happening, so they could as well do it in the open. If you think this is the height of shamelessness, think again. They are hell bent on proving you wrong about your negative thoughts concerning them.They can and will sink much lower than this while we watch on helplessly, wondering where did we loose it all, how could it all come down to this?
Welcome to the new changing India, where Corruption is the supreme law and pleasure of 'Public Servants' is the new discipline and supreme law.
Jaago Rey.
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