Cricket....Cricketers....Life.....

Its been a week since our World Cup dream plummeted and we were knocked out in semi finals. We Indians always have a tendency to expect more and more...7 wins on the trot against quality opposition like South Africa, Pakistan and West Indies which came on the back of a disastrous Test Series and an equally disappointing Tri Series. When the players were down in the dumps, did anyone from the so called billion strong cricket crazy fans even think about rallying behind the team? No...we thrust upon them our expectations that " We wont give it back". 4 months away from family, a captain yet to see and feel his new born kid, niggles, injuries, rumours of rifts in the team, publicity crazy media focussing more on affairs and instigated behaviour....Well it needs a lionhearted person like Dhoni to forget all and wake up every new day to fulfil expectations which we can casually tag as "We wont give it back" ....Congratulations to this contingent representing India and more so to Ravi Shastri and MSD for winning hearts all over the world and upholding the spirit of the game. World Cups are for competing and giving it everything. If you win the Cup, all glory is showered upon you and if you don't, your guts are never even mentioned. A salute from a common Indian like me for the Guts and Glory which heralds Team India....I still bleed blue and will do so till the day I bleed..........

Wake up...dont fall prey to these AAPtards

After all the ruckus being created about someone's wife being declared or not declared in an affidavit, what I fail to understand is that is it anyone's business to get personal details out in the open and discussing the same? Vadra and other "personalized" relatives deserve a mention because of their massive contributions to the country in terms of scandals and scams. A middle class or lower middle class lady who has amicably parted ways with her husband since he chose a path in life where he knew that he has to walk alone so that his probable relatives do not get a chance to mutilate and brutalize the country for personal gains is questioned, hassled, subjected to scrutiny. Catch phrases are coined in her memory linking her husband. Freedom fighters sacrificed their personal emotions for the freedom of their motherland.  But these AAPtards will never realize the sacrifice and commitment of this man, this enigma. They will get slapped, abused consistently change statements but will be shameless enough to go door to door asking for votes. AK says I want to fight those who looted the country. And after that he will unleash attack on Modi alone. When was the country;s reins handed to Modi? So does the royal cry baby of AAP feel that Modi was indirectly running the country in MMS' name? And the blind followers of AAP will always glorify their cry baby saying the one who cries the most gets the maximum milk. Beware you liars, the people have seen your antics and dramas.

Truth about Modi

 A person's mindset reflects in his misadventures. His tendency to present a particular event in a form which will instigate hatred when all he is expected to do is relay the event as an ethical journalist is exposed. So now you say doubting the integrity of journalists is wrong. I think there are a few anti Modi websites spewing venom and hurling brickbats when the judiciary has cleared Modi.

They say Modi cannot be cleared of the charges since he ordered carnage in Gujrat in particular the murder of ex MP Mr. Ehsan Jaffri.

Zakia Jaffri, wife of Mr. Ehsan Jaffri, changed her claims regularly in Aug 2003 in front of the Nanavati Commission and an Apex court in Sept 2003. In Sept 2003, she filed an affidavit but did not level allegations against Modi. In the words of SIT, ""It was for the first time in June 6, 2006, after a lapse of four years, that she came up with the said complaint. The allegations in the complaint are vague, general and stereotyped." Also, , here is the SIT report on Ehsan Jaffri's death. On Modi invoking Newton's law of 'action and reaction'
"In his interview the CM has clearly referred to Jafri's firing (on the mob gathered at his house) as 'action' and the massacre as 'reaction'. It may be clarified here that in case late Ehsaan Jafri, fired at the mob, this could be an immediate provocation to the mob, which had assembled there to take revenge of Godhra incidents from Muslims."

The SIT has said that even if Mr Modi had told the police during the riots to allow the Hindus to vent their anger over the massacre of 56 kar sevaks in the Godhra train burning incident, the mere statement of those in the confines of a room does not constitute an offence. On this, the SIT seems to have based its report on public statements made by Mr Modi during the riots.

"Interpretations made on alleged illegal instructions given by the Chief Minister by RB Shreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt, appear to be without any basis. Further, even if such allegations are believed for the sake of argument, mere statement of alleged words in the four walls of a room does not constitute any offence," says the report by the SIT, headed by RK Raghavan. 

Bare facts

To be really honest, the interview given by Rahul Gandhi was an absolute mockery of the word interview. Most of the answers he gave were baseless, had no credibility and most importantly were lagging in terms of decisive agenda to get things in order. Giving the same answers for different questions seemed absurd and moron like. 

When incidents like  the 1984 and 2002 riots are mentioned and the carnage that followed, my primary question is that who nurtured the Khalistan movement? Was it not the erstwhile PM who in some way or the other was responsible for her own eventual demise? In the 1977 elections, a coalition led by the Sikh-majority Akali Dal came to power in the northern Indian state of Punjab. In an effort to split the Akali Dal and gain popular support among the Sikhs, Indira Gandhi's Congress helped bring the orthodox religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to prominence in the Punjab politics. Later, Bhindranwale's organisation Damdami Taksal became embroiled in violence with another religious sect called the Sant Nirankari Mission, and he was accused of instigating the murder of the Congress leader Jagat Narain. After being arrested in this matter, Bhindranwale disassociated himself from Congress and joined hands with the Akali Dal. In July 1982, he led the campaign for the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution, which demanded greater autonomy for the Sikh-majority state. Meanwhile, a small section of the Sikhs including some of Bhindranwale's followers, turned to militancy in support of the Khalistan movement, which aimed to create a separate sovereign state for the Sikhs. In 1983, Bhindranwale and his militant followers headquartered themselves in the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, and started accumulating weapons After several futile negotiations, Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian army to enter the Golden temple in order to subdue Bhindranwale and his followers. In the resulting Operation Blue Star, the shrine was damaged and many civilians were killed. The State of Punjab was closed to international media, its phone and communication lines shut. To this day the events remain controversial with a disputed number of victims; Sikhs seeing the attack as unjustified and Bhindrawale being declared the greatest Sikh martyr of the 21st century by Akal Takht (Sikh Political Authority) in 2003.

When someone mentions 2002, who started the Ayodhya issue? Was it not Rajiv Gandhi who stoked the fire in the initial stages? Or I should say it was the Congress who is primarily to be blamed. At midnight on 22 December 1949, when the police guards were asleep, statues of Rama and Sita were quietly brought into the mosque and erected. This was reported by the constable, Mata Prasad, the next morning and recorded at the Ayodhya police station. The FIR lodged by Sub-Inspector Ram Dube, Police Station Ayodhya, on 23 December 1949 states: "A group of 50–60 persons had entered Babri Mosque after breaking the compound gate lock of the mosque or through jumping across the walls... and established therein an idol of Shri Bhagwan and painted Sita Ram, on the outer and inner walls with geru (red loam)... Afterward, a crowd of 5–6 thousand persons gathered around and while chanting bhajans and raising religious slogans tried to enter the mosque but were deferred." The following morning, a large Hindu crowd attempted to enter the mosque to make offerings to the deities. The District Magistrate K.K. Nayar has recorded that "The crowd made a most determined attempt to force entry. The lock was broken and policemen were rushed off their feet. All of us, officers and men, somehow pushed the crowd back and held the gate. The sadhus recklessly hurled themselves against men and arms and it was with great difficulty that we managed to hold the gate. The gate was secured and locked with a powerful lock brought from outside and police force was strengthened (5:00 pm)." On hearing this news Vallabhbhai Patel directed UP Chief Minister Govind Ballabh Pant and Uttar Pradesh Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri to see that the deities were removed. Under Pant's orders, Chief Secretary Bhagwan Sahay and Inspector-General of Police V.N. Lahiri sent immediate instructions to Faizabad to remove the deities. However, K.K. Nayar feared that the Hindus would retaliate and pleaded inability to carry out the orders. The by-election to the local MLA seat involving opposition leader J. B. Kripalani complicated matters further and no action was taken. J.B. Kripalani in his autobiography accused the Uttar Pradesh government of communalising the issue to win the election. His contention is supported by Nehru era historian and stalwart Sarvepalli Gopal in his work "Anatomy of Confrontation". The Official History of Congress has dismisses this claim as mere propaganda. In 1984, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) launched a massive movement for the opening of the locks of the mosque, and in 1985 the Rajiv Gandhi government ordered the locks on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid in Ayodhya to be removed. Prior to that date the only Hindu ceremony permitted was a Hindu priest performing a yearly puja for the icons there. After the ruling, all Hindus were given access to what they consider the birthplace of Rama, and the mosque gained some function as a Hindu temple. Communal tension in the region worsened when the VHP received permission to perform a shilanyas (stone-laying ceremony) at the disputed site before the national election in November 1989. A senior BJP leader, LK Advani, started a Rath yatra, embarking on a 10,000 km journey starting from the south and heading towards Ayodhya.

While I completely agree to the fact that some people would remain loyal to the Congress, is action a more culpable culprit or reaction? Newton's 3rd law says "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction". While all have linked both the respective carnage to reactions, should the "action" which invoked the "reaction" go unpunished?

Make your choice

In 1984, we had heard a statement comparing the massacre of innocent people to "shaking of ground when a big tree is uprooted". and in the late 90's a lady came forth and apologized to the families of massacred people for all the carnage which happened in 1984. These statements come from 2 people from a family wherein power runs in their blood. Also, one of these 2 became a PM and the second one very close to becoming one. I have a simple question to ask. Is this kind of arrogance in 1984 fit to come from a PM? And an apology after almost 15 years? Is it not a slap in the face of folks who saw many of their own near and dear ones get massacred? And what triggered the tree to get uprooted? Her own policies and headstrong atrocious agenda on Bhindranwale and Khalistan? If you get hit by a truck while crossing the road when you have been absolutely careless enough not to watch the traffic, would you still want your supporters to bash up the truck driver just because you got hit? This can never be justified. But for 30 long years, people never though once of turning back the pages of history and learn lessons. The place where all this happened, may I ask how much development has been made? May I ask if ladies are safe? May I ask if pollution levels are under check? Also , may I ask if problems existing in 1984 have been tackled and solved? No one will answer now. 2002 is so much etched in memory that it is the convenience of memory loss to see the good side of the coin. When Modi asked for a fair inquiry for the Sabarmati express incident, the committee says the fire was triggered inside. Wow....Someone sitting inside will bolt the doors from outside and ignite a fire to kill helpless men, women and children. Brilliant!!!!! As a newly sworn CM of the state, Modi asks for help from Maharshtra, MP and Rajasthan Govts. All governed by Congress. What he gets is a blunt refusal to help. He still manages to get things under control and is chosen back in power not once, not twice but thrice in a row. This happens through the same democratically driven process. I feel the development in Gujarat is for all to see. And this when brick bats were being hurled from all directions and Modi was still walking on his one point agenda of development. From a carnage to horse trade inflicted new Govt is what Delhi is today. From carnage to an ever evolving development and a superior level of administration is what Gujarat is today. Voters of India, take your pick.....

Change within

Every Corporate employee has a tendency to find faults with his/her own Company. Appraisals were not fair, bonus amounts were not justified, infrastructure wise the company is ill equipped, the Company is not empathetic towards employee issues etc. How many times has the employee tried to do a similar fault finding exercise with himself/herself?

As per the Bhagvad Gita, there is a very famous verse which says:

“uddhared atmanatmanam, natmanam avasadayet, atmaiva hy atmano bandhur, atmaiva ripur atmanah”.

It means: To evolve oneself the effort has to be through self improvement. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.

This means that in the inner mind, everyone knows the true story but like every other person, they want to run away from the stark reality. And the reality is the last thing anyone wants to face. Why? The probable reason is that a strange child like naughtiness exists amongst people who have a lingering thought that maybe there will be some more to expect since everyone believes in Pepsi’s slogan “Ye dil maange more”.

Coming back to the earlier point of the verse in Gita, we must never ever forget that to change is the most supreme act of human evolution. To change, a person needs to put in a lot of effort towards remodeling self. And it is a continuous process which should not be stopped at any juncture. The best example of this is a toddler taking first steps of his/her life. All the child is trying to do is to stand or walk and for these relatively basic acts, he/she falls several times. But the steely resolution of that child is to change the crawling action to walking. Notwithstanding the number of times the baby falls on its own, eventually a day comes when the toddler starts standing and walking. Post that the baby evolves itself to start running and then there is no looking back.

Instead of looking up to highly decorated philosophers in life and learning big lessons from them, a small baby teaches us so many nuances in life. The only question is “Are we willing to learn from a tiny being?” And if we are then the process is simple “Think Outside and Act Inside”. Once the action finishes inside, the world outside becomes a completely different place to exist.