Momentum is with Modi

It is a Winter of Discontent for the Congress Party. The message from the electorate is loud and clear. "We have had enough of you and your antics. In the name of god, GO". Not since 1977, the party has suffered such a whitewash. What everyone in the Main Stream Media conveniently forgets are the massive victories in Madhya Pradesh, where BJP got 2/3 rd majority in its third term, and Rajastan, where it got more than 75% of the sears and where traditionally the margin of victory is narrow, even during the times of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the doyen of Indian Politics. Even in Delhi and Chattisgarh, the Modi effect pulled BJP through in tough fights.

 

Everyone is going ga-ga over the Aam Aadmi Party. While their performance is quite credible, it has got more to do with the massive anti-congress sentiment in Delhi, post the Commonwealth Games mess, the response or lack of on the Rape Case and finally the ham handed way in which the Congress Government handled the Anna Hazare agitation. Kejriwal benefitted from the Anna Hazare movement, but can he repeat it in the next election, when the curiosity or let us just try feeling withers off. I doubt. If the elections were to be held, couple of years down the line, I have a feeling AAP will not even touch double digits.

 

The Congress leadership (sic) of the mother and son, has lost all credibility. The crushing defeat will have a fallout that is unimaginable. For one, this will embolden the Andhra MPs and MLAs who will spike the Telengana bill. This will ensure congress losing out in both Seemandhara and in Telengana areas. The former will see Congress as a betrayer, while the latter will see it as a non performer. It is heads I lose, tails you win situation. No one wants to part of a sinking ship. They will jump at the first opportunity. NCP will flex its muscles. Even Nitish will see Congress as a liability. DMK may be forced to align with it in TN because of the TINA factor, but if Yercaud bye election result is any indication, AIADMK is on a strong wicket. With Yeduriappa likely to be back in Karnataka BJP fold, Congress cant expect more than 50% of the seats there. In Kerala it will be thrashed. I just cant see where Congress is to get a substantial chunk of seats in the Parliamentary elections.

 

The momentum is with Modi. People have seen him, and they have liked what they saw. You can see Regional parties queuing up to join NDA. I will wager a bet now that the expanded NDA will win more than 300 seats in the General Elections? Any takers?

Golden Clouds



Golden Clouds as the Sun Sets over the Horizon on an Early Winter Evening in Muscat



Sun- Fire Ball

The Setting Sun resembles a Fireball about to enter the Sea in Muscat

Threatening Clouds Over Muscat brought copious rain

Life Goes On-Rain or No Rain- A Flight Taking off with Rain around the Corner

The Clouds brought not only rain but hailstorm too

Muscat at night during National Day 2013

National Day 2013 - Fireworks

Muscat Airshow by Red Arrows today

C-Company

The old adage " A person is known by the Company he keeps" is very true, more so in the case of those who govern/rule us.

 

Take the case of Duryodhana. Though he had access to extremely sane council in the forms of Bheeshma, Drona, Kripa and Vidura, he chose to surround himself with Sakuni, Karna, Jayadradha, Dussasana et al. which ultimately led to his doom.

 

We can find a similarity in Ramayana. Ravana chose to ignore the wisdom of his younger brother Vibheeshana, but rather opted to listen to many others who were either psychophants or scared of him to tell the truth. We all know what happened to him.

 

Indira Gandhi, who was an extremely insecure lady, listened more to her 'Kitchen Cabinet' comprising of her good for nothing son Sanjay, R K Dhawan, Sidharth Sankar Ray, than some of the eminent members of her Advisors, who were either being ignored or shunted out. This led to the imposition of Emergency and the rest is history. Perhaps the downfall of Congress, and India started then.

 

The current Congress leadership and Government takes the cake in this regard. One of the reasons the country is in such a mess. Sonia has a non constitutional body to advise her called NAC, which comprises of some first class idiots and anti nationals. Any Prime Minister who continues to bank on the advise of a moron like Montek Singh Ahluwalia (of the Rs 32 per day poverty definition infamy) dont deserve to even me a Panchayat head. Congress also took care to have an absolute non entity and chamcha named Pratibha Patil as President. It was only because of opposition parties support that the Presidency was saved with the installation of Pranab Mukherjee, who was the last person Sonia wanted as President. This was the same Government that appointed the super corrupt K G Balakrishnan as SC Chief Justice and had the notorious Navin Chawla as the Chief Election Commissioner. Can any PM worth his salt afford to have grade one idiots like Shivraj Patil and Sushil Kumar Shinde as Home Ministers or a good for nothing Meera Kumar as Speaker of Loksabha? And we are not yet talking about Ministers from Coalition partners yet. Food Prices are spiralling, and we have a disaster called Sharad Pawar as Agricultural Minister for nearly a decade. The less said about the ability of the 'future PM' the better. The guy is plain 'dumbo' and has already started having an influence on all major decisions, without any accountability, just like his mother.

 

Our only hope is that Congress dont change their ways to ensure they are kicked out for good during the next general elections.

 

Evening Sky - Picture by Me




Evening Sun hiding behind a cloud fomation that has the face of the Big Bad Wolf

 

Halloween

Halloween through my Camera Lens

The Mighty and the Meek - through my Camera Lens

Similarities between 2008 Financial Meltdown and India 2013

One of the reasons attributed for the Financial meltdown of 2008 was the short sighted behaviour of the CEO's and other Senior Executives of the Financial Institutions world wide, who put personal short term goals ahead of the long term health of the Organization and the Economy. In order to earn performance linked fat bonuses, they turned a blind eye to policies and products that were doomed to fail. So called 'innovative' derivatives that were churned out by these Financial Whizkids were aimed at attracting customers in the short term, but not taking into consideration the impact in the long run. Most of them were, in a way, akin to Ponzi Schemes. Prudent Financial Discipline was given a go by, and mortgage loans were given to people who couldn't afford them, creating a Real Estate and Housing bubble that burst at the first prick made by a small needle. How the behaviour of these individuals brought their companies down and took the global economy with them is history.

There is a striking similarity to the 2008 Financial Market scenario with what is happening in the Political front in India during the last few years. Congress and UPA has taken a very very short sighted view to somehow get back to power. They have splurged public money, not on Planned Expenditure, but on welfare schemes that are leaking and are totally unproductive. The avowed objective is to win votes at the cost of the nation. There is no long term vision. Minority (read Muslim) pampering has reached absurd levels. Muslim youth cannot be arrested as per the Home Minister of India, while Karnataka Congress Chief openly exhorts Muslims to not repay loans. How Akhilesh Yadav, BSP and Congress turned a blind eye to the equally guilty Muslims in the Muzzafarpur Riots is known to all. It is a game of one upmanship where the loser is the Country. Fearing negative reaction from Muslims, the Defence Minister craftily declares an invasion by Pak Army as one done my Terrorists dressed in Pak Army Uniforms. The PM is uncaring if our Jawans are beheaded. MNREGS, Loan Waiver, Ordinance against MP disqualification and finally the thoughtless creation of Telengana is tearing the Country apart. For a few seats, Congress, which sat on Telengana demand for more than a decade, came out with a hastily pronounced decision, without arriving at a consensus. And the result is for all to see. Contrast this with how NDA under Vajpayee created Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhan, without any ripple. 

One can just hope that, while no one could save the Global Economy from crashing in 2008, at least the electorates are wise enough to throw the Congress and UPA to the Bay of Bengal in the 2014 elections.

Time to hit the Lecture/Seminar Circuit again?

For nearly a decade and a half, I was associated with Training and Teaching, though I was not a full fledged academician. I was holding regular jobs in the field of Strategy, Investment Banking, New Venture Advisorywhile also heading middle level companies, including mine.

 

But there was always a stigma associated with it. In the course of my job, whenever I gave sane advise to my own Directors or to the Clients, it was always shrugged off with a "Ah! the Professor speaks" meaning my advise is more theoretical than having any practical value, and hence invariable ignored. Posterity proved in many cases my advice, if taken at the right time, would have brought more profit for the other party. Of course, not all my advises were spot on. I had my own share of bloomers, which is par for the course.

 

When I moved to Muscat in 2010, I took a decision to give up teaching and training to concentrate on my Consultancy Business. It was a very painful decision as I really enjoy teaching. It is 3 years since I moved to Muscat, and people here listen to me with more of an open mind than when I was in Kuwait.

 

This is unfortunate. Decisions taken with a theoretical background tend to be more correct than not. I have seen this in the case of recruitment of staff. Whenever I have been forced to give a go by to my recruitment process and guidelines, due to pressure of having to fill a post, I have suffered, getting stuck with people with poor attitude. Ditto in the case of Company deviating from the Strategy developed and try to be opportunistic, without doing a proper evaluation and risk assessment. Intuition and experience counts, but backed by solid theoretical foundation, they are unbeatable.

 

It is also one of the reasons why Consultants go to great extend to do lectures, or teach in Universities.

 

Maybe the time has come for me to hit the lecture/seminar circuit again!

Manmohan Singhs Survival Strategy during the past Decade - Blind-Deaf-Dumb

See No Scam, Be Deaf to People's Cries of Anguis, Speak Nothing

Closing a hole with darkness

I am sure I will be pillored for writing this.

 

Recently, Supreme Court passed a 'verdict' barring convicted lawmakers from continuing in Parliament or State Assemblies. This has been welcomed by almost all, except those politicians who face imminent conviction.

 

Much water has flown since. First the ruling party, under pressure from Lalu and Rashee Masood and a handful of others, decided to introduce a bill in the Loksabha to overturn the verdict. But it proved to be non-starter. Then the Government, ill advised, tried to take the Ordinance route. This was scuttled, first by BJP and Left, then by the President before 'Dumbo' entered the picture with his irresponsible press conference.

 

The subsequent events should not cover up the root cause. The Supreme Court was wrong in pronouncing the judgement.

 

We have a legal system which states that every person is 'innocent till proved guilty' (It is another matter that we have a mobocracy, led by TV Anchors and Media, that pronounces everyone 'guilty even if proved innocent'). Take the example of Laloo Prasad Yaday- He has been convicted by the CBI court in the Fodder Scam (well and good, though it took them 16 years to arrive at this verdict,during which he enjoyed all the perks of office and more). But this is only a lower court. He is free to appeal in the higher courts, including the Supreme Court, and he can even go scot free. If he that happens (after 10 years or so) then all of us would have been unfair to him. Right?

 

Supreme Court is reluctant to attack the Root Cause - the inordinate time it takes to arrive at a verdict. Why verdict, even the first trial date is more than a decade after a case comes to the court. Add to this, the shoddy job done  by the Police across the country, resulting in 90% of the people getting acquitted for want of evidence. Is there any wonder people are becoming more arrogant?

 

Take the case of P Chidambaram's election from Sivaganga, that is being challenged. It is obvious to everyone, except our Courts, that a fraud was committed and results were manipulated. It is almost 4 1/4 years since the election, but the case has not even come up for hearing!!!. And PC has worked as Home Minister and then Finance Minister during this period. If his election was null abinitio, then whatever decisions taken by him during the past 4 1/4 years are null and void. But......?

 

This is true of most of the cases. Also, the accused are denied of their right to clear their name and are permanently under suspicion, which is unfair.

 

Supreme Court has not come up with any concrete plans to speed up the justice system, and various Police Reform suggestions are gathering dust.

 

The current Supreme Court verdict on disqualification of politicians on being convicted, while popular, is a grave mistake and akin to closing a hole with darkness.

 

 

You can Fool..................................

I wish someone would tell to the Dumbest Guy bar None in India the following quote from Abraham Lincoln;

 

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and

some of the people all the time, but

you cannot fool all the people all the time"

 

Two months ago, the Supreme Court comes down heavily on MPs and MLA's who are convicted but continues to enjoy holding their position. Instead of using this as an opportunity to cleanse the political system, the Government comes up immediately with the idea of a law to circumvent the SC verdict. The speed with which the Government moved is astonishing. If only the Government took decisions that fast pertaining to so many issues pertaining to the common man!.

 

The proposed law runs into rough weather in the Parliament and it was left to be debated by a Parliament Select Committee, as it should be. There is no hope of this law getting passed before the next elections, as things stand.

 

With Laloo Prasad Yadav's and Rasheed Masood's verdicts due by the end of the month, the Government (read Congress) takes the Ordinance route. Any Ordinance has to be passed by the Parliament in 6 months time. But by then Laloo and Rasheed would have been safe, and it would be left to the new Government to take a call on this. In all likelihood the ordinance would have lapsed.

 

BJP and Left had serious reservations (more as a political strategy- they have nothing to lose by opposing the ordinance). They meet the President, who himself had more or less made up his mind to return the Ordinance for reconsideration, once MMS was back from US. He didnt want to embarrass the PM of the Country while abroad, and rightly so.

 

Return of the Ordinance after the Opposition had met the President would have been a body blow for the Congress and the UPA. And the purpose for which the Ordinance was issued, viz. to save Laloo and Rasheed, would not have served, as the Government has to be seen to be reconsidering the Ordinance, Cabinet has to approve and then again it has to be resent to the President, who cannot refuse to sign the second time around, but can sit on it. The Ordinance was anyway doomed.

To save face, Congress scripted the comedy of Rahul Gandhi, attending a Press Conference hosted to 'support the Ordinance', make a cavalier statement denouncing it, embarassing the PM while he was abroad, and walks off without waiting to take any follow up questions. He didnt want some smart alec reporter (and there are still some with a bit of back bone) to ask the obvious questions - "What the hell were you doing these last 2 months when the whole issue was being debated in the political circles? Why didnt you raise your objection then? and Can you guarantee not giving seats to Criminals in the next Elections?"

 

Sonia and Rahul have done irreparable damage to the office of the PM. They have demeaned it to such an extend that if MMS had even an iota of Self Respect, he would put in his papers on his return. There was a big hue and cry when Rajiv Gandhi, insulted the then Foreign Secretary A P Venkateswaran, in a Public Meeting. But our media is silent on Rahul Gandhis immature, irresponsible outburst. Here is a guy who is dumb, drunk with power, has absolutely no accountability, refuses to take any responsibility, and doesnt care a fig for the people. He is also not in India for majority of the time, and God only knows what he is doing when he is abroad. How long do Congress think they can fool the people?

 

Arise! Awake! Indians and throw this Anti-National Government and Party out

Invading Armies have a bad habit. When they are forced to retreat from an occupied country, they leave behind them a trail of destruction - it is called the scorched earth policy.

 

Iraq purportedly burned the oil wells in Kuwait in 1991 leaving behind raging fire and pillowing smoke. (Though there is another version to this which claims that Iraqis actually did not do this, but the Kuwaitis on taking back the Country lit fire to some old unproductive oil wells to claim damages from Iraq- let that be)

 

The UPA 1 Government did not think they will be returned to power in 2009. They decided to leave a scorched economy behind them with the fervent hope of putting the next Government (Ostenably a non-Congress one, as per their assessment) on the mat. Towards this end, then announced a massive outlay for the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (knowing fully well that it would be a severe drain on the economy) and the Rs 60,000 Crore Farm Loan Waiver Scheme (which was never intended to benefit any farmers). Many acclaimed these schemes, not bothering to read between the lines. The MGNREGS was meant to be implemented over the next 5 years, while Farm loan waiver over the next 4 years - clearly indicating that while UPA 1 took the credit, the next Government would have been forced to carry the can. This was apart from the massive subsidies given to the Industry as a stimulus package. The ideal scenario envisioned by UPA1 is what is being played out now - deficit spiralling, inflation uncontrollable, growth stunted, unemployment on the rise and economy in a bloody mess. And the blame would have been on an opposition government. This would have given a solid platform for Congress and UPA to claim the right to set right things that have gone wrong in the 2014 election and opposition would have been totally discredited. Clever- right?

 

But by a quirk of fate, UPA was reelected and to their horror had to set right a mess that they created in the first place. They just did not have a contingency plan in place to tackly this and the rest, as they say, is history. UPA 2, ravaged by Corruption Scams and the consequences of the UPA 1 disastrous policies, blundered on, taking India back to the 1980s.

 

But Congress and UPA (they are synonymous) appear to have not learned the lesson. All intelligence inputs have indicated that UPA and Congress would struggle to touch the 150 mark. Rajastan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, which gave them most seats are the States where they expect to be thrashed.And there are no States that can make up for the seats to be lost here. More or less certain that they will lose power, they are back to playing their dirty tricks on the economy and gone ahead with a plethora of non-productive schemes, i.e - Food Security Bill (it is amusing to note that Congress was single handedly responsible for destroying the Public Distribution System across the country. Now they are replacing the same a new one. How ironic!), widening the scope of the leaky, inefficient MGNREGS (which has pushed farm labour input cost up, apart from making rural labour lazy - did you listen to the 'Prince Dumbo Rahul Gandhi' statement? - Work for 100 days, eat Roti and Vote Congress. A future PM (god forbid) asking a productive asset to idle for 265 days!!!! How is that for increasing productivity?. But then what does he know about productivity), creation of Telengana (ensuring unrest in the region for decades to come), announcement of 7th Pay Commission (without tackling the need to make the Government functioning leaner and linking pay rise to productivity) that is expected to create an additional financial burden of 1.5% of the GDP, when the Country is already reeling under massive fiscal deficit and finally the passing of the Land Bill, that will ensure that no major projects are able to acquire land for ages.

 

Apart from looting the Country all these years, Congress and UPA are hell bent on ensuring India do not progress at all in the coming years. If this is not being anti-national, I dont know what else is.

 

The only way out is to give such a thrashing to Congress and its allies in the next election that the party disintegrates totally.

 

Indians! Arise! Awake!

Don't be an Abhimanyu in Business and Life

I sacrificed 17 years of my Work Experience when I joined somewhere at the lower end of the ladder in an Investment Bank in Kuwait. I was known as an Educationist and this was hampering my career in Kuwait, where one can easily get type cast. Once an Educationist, always an Educationist is the motto in Middle East. There is no talk about transfering the knowledge of one sector to another.

It is another matter that I grew up very fast in the Investment Banking Sector, partly due to favourable market conditions, partly due to the Company registering phenomenal growth in the Private Equity Sector and partly due to good fortune. I have never looked back since. Though I have moved away from Core Investment Banking, I still think and act like one, and have not forgotten the lessons I learned during my stint as an Investment Banker.

Though I had been an entrepreneur once in the past, having been a franchisee of NIIT, I need to admit that it came too early in my career, at the age of 29, when in retrospect, I have to admit, I was not ready for the task. I did not have a good grasp of Finance, Costing, and was poor in man-management. I also thought there will be sustainable growth, and the higher revenue will justify the higher cost and paper over other cracks. When the inevitable downturn came, and the growth plateaued, I didnt have too many answers. And to boot, I didnt know where I went wrong.

I got the answer to this riddle during my stint as an Investment Banker. I am a sucker for new ideas, and whenever I get a good hair brained scheme that requires funding, I used to champion the cause and take it to my Chairman, explaining to the virtues of the project and the profit that will accrue to the Company. He will listen patiently and ask just one question 'Rajaaan, what is the exit?'. I didnt know initially what he meant. But later on learned that Investment Companies enter at an early growth phase, add value and exit when the time is right, making a tidy profit. The exit option is always important. This was drilled into me time and again. These days I dont encourage any investment proposal without a clear exit strategy.

Be it in business or in personal life or professional life, always have an exit strategy before you enter.

Remember the story of Abhimanyu, who learned while in the womb how to break into Chakravyuha, but did not know how to exit, and paid for it with his life. Whenever I have an itch to start a venture without considering the exit, I remember these stanza,

Veenithallo Kidakkunnu Dharaniyil
Kshonithavumanijallo Siva Siva
Nalla Marathaka Kallinotothoru
Kalyanaroopan Kumaran Manoharan

As Viewed through my Camera Lens

'Consequences' for our PM

Naval guards issue: "If Italy does not keep its word, there will be consequences", PM says

I visualized the scenario of our 'brave' PM talking tough to Italians

MMS - "You better send the Marines back"

Italians - "What will you do if we dont?"

MMS- "I will do what I did to the Americans, Pakistanis"

Italians- "And what did you do to them?"

MMS- "You dont know?"

Italians- "No we dont"

MMS- "So you dont know what we did to the Pakistanis who killed our soldiers and people?"

Italians- (Yawn) "No. Please enlighten us"

MMS - "I am warning you. Dont make me do it again"

Italians - (Silence)

MMS - "I am warning you one final time. Dont force my hand"

Italians- (Silence)

MMS- "My Government will do everything which is in its power to bring the Marines back"

MMS- "We will not accept this insult"

MMS-"We will not take it lying down"

MMS- "We will, We will, ..........................errr..........."

(Ring........Ring.........Mobile rings)

MMS- "Yes Ma'am, No Ma'am, But Ma'am, .......Ok Ma'am, I will Ma'am. Whatever you say Ma'am. I will handle the job personally Ma'am. I am fully aware of the 'consequences' if I don't do your bidding Ma'am. Sorry Ma'am"

(Disconnects the phone and talks to his team)

MMS- "Let us teach the Italians a lesson. Let us do to them what we did to Quotrochi and Warren Anderson, and also sign 3 Defence deals with the Italians"

Terrorism Tourism of the 'Strong' Man of India

The Strong' man is out on prowl doing terrorism tourism

Our (dis)honourable Prime Minister finally moved his ass out of the Chair in Delhi, which he has been clinging onto shamelessly for the past 9 years, to visit the Blast Site in Hyderabad. Here are some gems (duds?) from his mouth, with my masala beside;

"I am here to 'stand' in solidarity with Hyderabad"- Like the way you 'stand' in solidarity with all the Scamsters of your party and government!

"I express condolence for the families of the bereaved and wish speedy recovery for the injured" - And an expedited funeral of the dead on the sly, as you did in the case of the rape victim in Delhi

"I am 'Happy' that people of Hyderabad have refused to be provoked by this nefarious incident"- Only a moron like him can use the word 'Happy' in such a surrounding. So he is happy that people just bore the brunt of another terrorist attack, under Congress government in Delhi and Hyderabad, and did not retaliate. He should be happy that people are not provoked, otherwise they would have torn him to pieces for allowing such terror attacks again and again.

"Centre has assured AP govt of maximum support. I appeal to the people to maintain calm…” - Maximum support for what? Give some money to be distributed to the dead and injured, that will line the pockets of the local congressmen? And he wants people to be calm, when their lives are at stake.......Calm is fine, as long as it is the Calm before the Storm!

PM consoles the mother of K Parmeshwar at Omni Hospital : "The staff will take all possible care of your son." - And my fellow Congressmen will take care of you, eh? (Sorry, no disrespect meant to the widow, but that is precisely how her experience with the partymen will be, know the congress 'culture'......... a la P J Kurien

PM to Rajitha in Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad: "I am here to share your pain and grief. We will take care of you."- Put a bomb under his a** and allow it to explode. Then he will know what it is share the pain and grief

And the usual gem when he gave his first reaction on hearing about the blast. "Those responsible for the “dastardly” act would not go unpunished" - Exactly like how all those responsible for previous blasts got punished. Bloody hell! They have not even filed charge sheets in 5 year and 7 year previous blast cases

It is simple, stupid

Indians have a habit of complicating simple things. I have hardly seen an Agreement from an Indian firm that is direct and to the point. And Indians, of late, have developed another trait. They see a conspiracy where none exists.

And so it is in the case of Afzal Guru.

Whether I am for or against Death penalty has no relevance here. Nor should any one else's be.

Our Law has the provision for Death Penalty in the rarest of rare cases, and that should be respected by all, till they are changed.

The Conspiracy to blow up the Parliament and death of the Security Personnel should definitely fall under the rarest of rare cases.

The other apology that is given is that Afzal Guru did not get a fair trial, and evidence against him were flimsy. This is pure humbug. The same trial acquitted Geelani and gave a 10 year RI for another accused, but found sufficient evidence to prove Afzal Guru guilty. The track record of our Supreme Court clearly indicates that they are not trigger happy when it comes to sentencing someone to death. In fact, it could be accused of being too liberal.

If at all the Human Rights activists and others have anything to complain, it should be about the inordinate delay in disposing the mercy petition of Afzal Guru. A guy confined to the death chamber dies every day. Read John Grisham's Chamber to better understand the psyche of such a convict.

The final objection pertains to his execution being conducted in utmost secrecy. Considering the possible fall out in Kashmir and elsewhere, this was the best possible course of action, to avoid  unwanted deaths and riots. The relative calm across the country after the hanging justifies the secrecy.

Would converting the death sentence of Afzal Guru led to lasting peace in Kashmir? His hanging was delayed by 8 years? Did it lead to permanent peace in Kashmir? It didnt. The North Eastern States have more grievances against India than the much pampered Kashmir. But they abide by our Constitution and law of the land, dont they? Then why cant Kashmir, who has so much special privileges vested on it? The per capita expenditure on Kashmir by the Central Government is one of the highest. Still they nurse a sense of victimhood. Repeal Article 370, bring the Uniform Civil Code and develop the concept of Nationhood. No special privileges for anyone or any State beyond a stipulated years, so that at least by 2030 we have a Nation where everyone is equal.

‘You can sacrifice an individual for a family, family for a village, village for the welfare of a nation' - This quote from Panchatantra is suffice as any justification, if any is required.

In the case of Afzal Guru, it is not even a sacrifice. He got what he deserved, as per the Supreme Court. And that is enough for me and should be for all of us

Pearls of Wisdom

Here are some gems from the 'future' (God help) PM of India;

Congress is not a party, it's a family. The Congress is called the party, but it is actually a family. In fact, it is the world's biggest family - It has to be the biggest family alright,  if one were to consider the womanizing of Nehru, Sanjay and himself.

Five years from now, we need to prepare 40 to 50 politicians, who will be in a position to run loot the country. If someone asks us what does the Congress do, our reply should be that we prepare leaders who will take care of  spoil India's future."   

We will champion the voice of every Indian: In 1947, India was liberated not by arms but by non-violence and through the voice of the people. The Congress said we will use non-violence and sent the British home. Gandhiji's successors ensured democracy was the bedrock of our Constitution. Every Indian is going to be supported by the Congress, no matter what caste, religion. The Green Revolution restored the voice of the farmer (who is committing suicides by droves now); the IT revolution literally gave people the voice (Voice chat?).  Manmohan Singhji unleashed the voice of thousands by giving entrepreneurial rights (which has turned into a howl of anguish after 2 decades).Voices of thousands are telling us that India's governmental system is stuck in the past and is a system that dis-empowers. Why is our youth angry? (Because we are ruled by Assholes like you) Because they are alienated as the powerful drive around in cars with red beacons (So do you, and your esteemed Brother in Law AH). The corrupt stand up and talk about eradicating corruption (As you are doing now). Those who disrespect women every day talk about women's rights ( Is it because there was a rape case against you, that you didnt talk about Women's rights?). We will champion the voice of every single Indian.- And you will do this by enacting the Right to Voice Act 2013

Last night everyone congratulated me. But last night, my mother came to my room and she sat with me and she cried. ( She cried thinking the misfortune of having a dumb idiot like you as son) She cried cause she can see that the power can be poison (and she wants to give you that, so that you can drink and die ASAP). She can see it because she is not attached to it (Nope she is not attached to it, she is just embdedded to it). Don't chase power (Chase only girls in Columbia or Dubai or Italy or wherever you fly off to every week) for the attribute of power but use it to empower the world.

If you want peace, be prepared for war

In a village there entered a poisonous snake. It  would attack and bite people at random. Many were bitten and some of them died also. The villagers were upset about it. But none dared to come near the snake for the sake of his own life.

Once a Sadhu visited the village. The villagers approached the Sadhu and told him that how badly they were scared of the poisonous snake that had entered their village and bitten many and is now hiding somewhere in the village itself.


Sadhu possessed certain supernatural powers. He could even talk to the beasts and reptiles. Through his inner vision, he came to know where the snake was hiding. He approached the snake and commandingly advised him that he should not bite anyone in the village henceforth. The snake obeyed. The Sadhu told the villagers that they should not worry anymore. The snake will never bite them hereafter.

Exactly as the Sadhu had assured them, the snake stopped biting them. The fear that the villagers had of the snake, was gone. Now nobody bothered about the snake anymore. The children were playing and hitting it with the stones. Though the snake was wounded badly, yet it did not bite anyone.

After sometime, the same Sadhu visited the village again. He saw that the snake was badly wounded. The Sadhu approached it and asked how is it that you in such a pitiable condition.

The snake replied, "Sir this is all due to your command. Ever since I stopped biting they have started treating me like this".

The Sadhu at-once remarked, "You fool, I stopped you from biting but not from hissing. Had you been hissing at them, they wouldn’t have harmed you in this manner.’

There is a common saying ‘If you want peace, be prepared for war.’ But it does not mean you harm anyone. It only means that you always remain prepared to safeguard your ownself, your own nation.

This Story is applicable to the current situation of India viz a viz Pakistan. We have one of the better armies in the World, which can hiss and bite. But our Political leadership is like the Sadhu, who advises the Snake to not bite, and allow it to be beaten blue by the Pakistanis, time and again.

The whole of India is clamouring for India to bite in retaliation for the inhuman beheading of our Jawan. Forget biting, will India at least 'hiss'. The 'Eunuches' ruling our Country can't even dream of doing it. What a pity!!! We need to negotiate peace from a position of strength. But we are compromising every single time Pakistan misbehaves, and they are getting bolder. When will we have a leader who has some spine?

2013 is here

"Bhavathe api noothana samvathsarasya shubhaashayaha" .