CNN IBN and Rajdeep in cash for votes: incompetent iniquitous

Hi Saurav

How about a lie detector test or a narco test on Padmashree Rajdeep Sardesai.

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KADER'S HOTEL

Hi Keshav

There are several loose ends in your story.

You say Dhavale and company had jobs, but then you suspect that they burnt the 'hotel' to by drinks as they had no money by the month end. Were these guys working for free?

Were these guys having Parle G biscuits as snacks with their drinks when you noticed those tell tale packs of biscuits?

Your Kaderbhai would not have had much money in the till considering his clientele largely consisted of broke college students. Weren't Dhavale and company unaware of this or were they only interested in the biscuits?

Your Kaderbhai was probably running an illegal joint, so Dhavalae and company did what the law should have done in the first place.  

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The Rise of Totalitarian India

Hi Sourav

I thought you were all for free speech. How come you are maintaining a studied silence to the issues raised by me? Or is it that you too do not like your position questioned? Indians by and large have a totalitarian mind set, regret to say that you are  no exception to this.

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The Rise of Totalitarian India

Hi Saurav,
"the right to free speech and expression cannot and should not be allowed to be hijacked by any section of the population irrespective of its political ideology."

Where exactly is the right to free speech you talk about? If there is only a one way street in the name of right to free speech , one cannot say that there is a right to free speech. The right to free speech is non-existent, it has been completely perverted, not only by those who have perverted it but also by those who have gone along with the perversion. 
Victim and oppressor cannot be treated equally.

"the right to free speech and expression cannot and should not be allowed to be hijacked by any section of the population irrespective of its political ideology."

Who says it does. Even on this board I have been barred from posting comments by several bloggers who don't like their views challenged. 

"We would not want India to be transformed into a police state where merely dissenting with political opponests or even 16th century leaders lands you in jail"

Was it anything other than that, ever? The Nehrus, Gandhis, Congressi , Marxists, Muslims  etc. have been lording it over for over sixty years. Nobody dare criticise these guardians of freedom of expression. And let me tell you there are no Daniel Pearls, Taslima Nasrin, Rusdies etc. who don't mind risking their skins for the freedom of speech, they pretend to value so much. The timid and pusillanimous can never taste freedom, they will always remain slaves.

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The Rise of Totalitarian India

Hi Saurav,

You should understand that there is a world of difference between critcising, ridiculing, lampooning people like Balasaheb Thackeray and the thugs of the Marxist, Congressi types. Balasaheb has taken a lot of flak from the intellectual goons of the media, unlike the 'secular' types who have made the media crawl and bend to their wishes. Not that the media minds it. But the point is that much of the hatred against Thackeray is because the media has portrayed him as an ogre, much the same way they have done to Modi. Will these intellectual goons be able to use the same terms in which they describe Thackeray for the Marxists or the Congressi goons? No. So if there is no level playing field why pick on those who are at a disadvantage? They are trying to level it the best way they can, they are fighting it their own way, so why grudge them their right to fight back?

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Dismantling Terrorism in India

Dear Mr. Ghouse

If you and Muslims like you really want to be part of Indian society in the true sense of the word and not the pc sense then you have to accept and respect the vision of those who framed the constitution. Our constitution takes inspiration from modern ideas of personal liberty, rationalism, humane laws among many other great concepts that make a progressive nation. Unfortunately those who want to enjoy the goodies that the constitution guarantees like right to vote, right to run for elections, etc. etc. do not come gratis. There is a price that has to be paid. That price is your socio-religio-cultural values or at least some of those that do not conform to the spirit of the constitution. The problem is you don't want to pay that price, but you want to enjoy all those goodies. I mean how can you openly practise gender discrimination if you talk about being a part of this society? How can you force governments to reverse court judgments? 
How can you  swear by the MPL and in the next breath talk about being part of a modern, progressive society?

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SIGNING NUCLEAR DEAL? WHY NOT SELL INDIA ITSELF

Hi Saurav,

"In 1971, US had sent a dozen warships in aid of Pakistan but were thrawted when the USSR intervened on India(or Indira's behalf) Previously, in 1962 Nehru had practically begged the Americans to intervene but the recent declassified documents prove that the sympathies of the americans were clearly with the Chinese although the subsequent Chinese withdrawal from Indian soil may have had something to do with international(and probably US) pressure. "

India had signed up on the Russian side in the Cold War though the Indian politicians were claiming that they were non-aligned. The Russians had turned the country into a "model of third world penetration by the KGB" according to the diaries of CBI spy Alexander Mitrokhin. Moreover Pak had signed up on the American side, so it was quite natural of US to come to the aid of Pakistan. Had we been genuinely non-aligned things might have been different, but India was a stooge of Russia in the same way as it is the stooge of the Ummah. As for the Chinese attack, this was to teach Nehru who was prancing around on the world stage a lesson. Once they had delivered a slap which he richly deserved, they withdrew. In fact, Mao had remarked when quizzed by a reporter why he withdrew. His answer was most revealing. He replied I don't need an army to take anything from India, I can negotiate it with Indian politicians, bureacrats etc.

" All in all, one may safely conclude that the american approach towards Hindu India has been inconsistent. THe Taliban, the mujahideen and Pakistani terror are all american creations to counter the soviets."

Why should US be consistent with India, Hindu or whatever, when India is not itself consistent. How come we sign friendship treaties with Russians and claim we are non-aligned? Indians are Hypocrites with a capital H, so why should the US be consistent with India. Yes they are, but how come we forget the LTTE our own creation? We don't blame ourselves for creatng the LTTE, do we?

I do not wish to comment on the remarks or view of any Indian journo, bureaucrats etc.

All these guys live in a cuckoo world many times removed from the reality. These guys have been proved wrong umpteen times in the past, still they go on churning out their stuff and distort our perception. I am reminded of a very senior journo who wrote a laudatory book on the Shah of Iran. Within months of the publication the Shah was unceremoniously deposed  by Khomeini. That book was quietly withdrawn.

The US has been rightly trying to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The Indians attracted the sanctions by conducting those tests. Why should US not take care of its security interests, as the Indians are nothing but stooges of the Ummah? 

Saurav, don't read too much into military strategy, nuclearization and so on. India is no match for China with or without nuclear weapons. Even AK Antony knows it. India can only stand on US crutches. And that is not so bad as you are making it out. 

My stand is clear I am for the nuclear deal, but let me hasten to add that I don't even pretend to know anything about it. I am backing it because the US can be trusted to not take unfair advantage, or turn us into a stooge like the Russians did. I am backing it because we need to get out of the Islamic axis. Though I support the deal, I don't support this government. 

Hi Saurav,

"In 1971, US had sent a dozen warships in aid of Pakistan but were thrawted when the USSR intervened on India(or Indira's behalf) Previously, in 1962 Nehru had practically begged the Americans to intervene but the recent declassified documents prove that the sympathies of the americans were clearly with the Chinese although the subsequent Chinese withdrawal from Indian soil may have had something to do with international(and probably US) pressure. "

India had signed up on the Russian side in the Cold War though the Indian politicians were claiming that they were non-aligned. The Russians had turned the country into a "model of third world penetration by the KGB" according to the diaries of CBI spy Alexander Mitrokhin. Moreover Pak had signed up on the American side, so it was quite natural of US to come to the aid of Pakistan. Had we been genuinely non-aligned things might have been different, but India was a stooge of Russia in the same way as it is the stooge of the Ummah. As for the Chinese attack, this was to teach Nehru who was prancing around on the world stage a lesson. Once they had delivered a slap which he richly deserved, they withdrew. In fact, Mao had remarked when quizzed by a reporter why he withdrew. His answer was most revealing. He replied I don't need an army to take anything from India, I can negotiate it with Indian politicians, bureacrats etc.

" All in all, one may safely conclude that the american approach towards Hindu India has been inconsistent. THe Taliban, the mujahideen and Pakistani terror are all american creations to counter the soviets."

Why should US be consistent with India, Hindu or whatever, when India is not itself consistent. How come we sign friendship treaties with Russians and claim we are non-aligned? Indians are Hypocrites with a capital H, so why should the US be consistent with India. Yes they are, but how come we forget the LTTE our own creation? We don't blame ourselves for creatng the LTTE, do we?

I do not wish to comment on the remarks or view of any Indian journo, bureaucrats etc.

All these guys live in a cuckoo world many times removed from the reality. These guys have been proved wrong umpteen times in the past, still they go on churning out their stuff and distort our perception. I am reminded of a very senior journo who wrote a laudatory book on the Shah of Iran. Within months of the publication the Shah was unceremoniously deposed  by Khomeini. That book was quietly withdrawn.

The US has been rightly trying to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The Indians attracted the sanctions by conducting those tests. Why should US not take care of its security interests, as the Indians are nothing but stooges of the Ummah? 

Saurav, don't read too much into military strategy, nuclearization and so on. India is no match for China with or without nuclear weapons. Even AK Antony knows it. India can only stand on US crutches. And that is not so bad as you are making it out. 

My stand is clear I am for the nuclear deal, but let me hasten to add that I don't even pretend to know anything about it. I am backing it because the US can be trusted to not take unfair advantage, or turn us into a stooge like the Russians did. I am backing it because we need to get out of the Islamic axis. Though I support the deal, I don't support this government. 

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MIGRANTS OR VAGRANTS?

Hi Keshav,
Don't jump to conclusions. Let us take this step by step - and the first step is to accept that migrants from the north are not God's gift to Mumbai and Maharashtra. They are not like other migrants from other parts of the country, because they bring with them a set of values that contribute in a negative direction. That is the plain truth that I am trying to put across. I can only bring out facts to prove my point, but I cannot force you to believe if you do not want to believe. Like I can only give you good rational arguments to prove that the earth is round and not flat. For a rational person that is all that is needed to change his mind - logical arguments backed by facts. But if you still want to believe that the earth is flat well taht is your prerogative. 

tion will always be a problem not only in Maharashtra but all over the country - that should be quite understandable. India is not a rich country, it has limited resources and unlimited problems. So naturally the competition for scarce resources will be very keen. It is quite natural for people to want to keep people from other states out, beyond a point.

You talk about the contribution of Bengalis, Tamilians etc. but there are also communities that contribute little and take away much. The Muslims settled in Mumbra do not even pay their electricity bills! The Bangladeshis drive down labor rates because the don't mind working for peanuts. The Sindhis built an entire illegal township where they manufacture couterfeit goods. Bangladesi prostitutes openly solicit in the streets in Mumbai. The Biharis etc. bring with them criminal tendencies and violence and their brand of bimaru politics. And don't forget that people come here only to make a fast buck any which way they can and not much else. They have no attachment, no emotional bonds to the place - for them it is just a case of making the most of the opportunities available. 

I gave you the stray dog example to highlight the mentality of the north and their politicians, elite classes etc. It is this mentality that contributes to increased crime, violence, lawlessness, corruption and so on. LIfe in Bihar is tough because the mentality is rotten. and it is more or less the same case with the other northern states. And they pass their burden to us. You want us to bear that burden and what about our own people? In fact, we would be doing them a service by telling them that they cannot go on off loading their burden on us.

I never talked about overcrowding etc. The issue is not under discussion. 

You can allege that Raj's motives are less than honourable; but I believe in giving a person the benefit of doubt - that is the basic premise of modern laws. It means that I take you for your word and I take everyone for their word as long as it is not proven otherwise. 

The appeal to history fallacy does apply to your blog. You are trying to build up a case by harking back to what happened some time back in history. That is exactly what the fallacy is all about. And by the way railway compartents have finite capacity, it is self preservation that drives people to deny entry to others when the train is overcrowded and it is as it should be.

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MIGRANTS OR VAGRANTS?

Hi Keshav
My earlier message actually is in response to this blog of yours, unfortunately it got mixed up with a different blog. 

There is a clear thread linking the incidents and I have made it very clear in my message. You are against stray dogs because you have personal experience of the trauma of being bitten by a dog. But you don't need such experience as I have explained in my blog it is a question of identifying and understanding all the issues involved. 
Similarly even migration has to be critically evaluated from all perspectives, not just one that is appealing. There are definite undersides to unchecked migration which you do not want to factor in while discussing the issue. It is true that migration does have its positive aspects, but this truth is not the whole truth. It is like the blind men's view of the elephant - and the elephant is more than the sum of its individual parts! So you can imagine how far removed from the reality is the p.c. view of migration.

The dominant values of the north are there for all to see - the mind numbing violence that manifests in horrendous murders and crimes against women children and other vulnerable sections, the absolute disdain for civilzed norms, laws, rules etc., the social evils like dowry burning, selective female foeticide and so on. When people who do not believe in civilized norms of conduct migrate in large numbers to places like Mumbai it will create problems for the locals. 

And yes your blog gives us a historical perspective on the city, but does it follow from how the city shaped up through the ages, it will follow the same process? It may ;it may not. This is 'an appeal to history" fallacy. Check out 

http://www.criticalthinking.org.uk/unit2/fundamentals/logicalfallacies/appealtohistory/

Erad 

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Bomb blitz

Hi 
We are busy building missiles that will hit targets at 3000 miles when the enemy is right in here.

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