STRAIGHT TALKS

Its exciting to hear that the arrested rapists were shot dead in an encounter by Police  under pitch dark. We like cinematic drama in real life and Telangana Police successfully transformed criticism on their inability to prevent a gruesome rape plus murder into a brilliant PR move by eliminating their suspects. Of course, with the usual stereotyped story that follows every police encounter case in India like the suspects trying to flee, attempting to steal pistol despite being hand cuffed, etc. On second thoughts, we will now never get to verify the facts of the case. The boys and men were pissed drunk and were not in their senses when they committed the crime, if they were the real criminals. They needed to be brought before law and Law should have ensured justice. But having lost faith in our system and instigated by a frenzied media, people are deeply hurt and want justice as in Wild West movies. Soul satisfying drama indeed! Until we become victims. My father who spent fo...

DMK Leader CN Annadurai is hailed as arignar meaning Scholar. He was the first DMK Leader to become Chief Minister of Tamilnadu. MGR launched a successful political party titled All India ANNA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in his honour. One of the famous quotes of Annadurai is: "Go to the People, Live with them, Learn from them, Love them, Start with what they know, Build on what they have." Incidentally, the Famous Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu seems to have read Annadurai’s works as he has quoted the same words in his book, ‘ Tao Te Ching’ when he lived around 600 BC.

It is funny and amusing. The Government of TamilNadu requests Government of India to provide classical status to Tamil Language. Government of India, apparently an expert Body on World Languages suddenly understands the worth of Tamil or bows to Political pressure for political survival, agrees and this action has supposedly added to the glory of Tamil. A Government order to honour a Language that has sustained itself through ages through individual efforts.? How far can a Government go? Have the Government gone crazy like the British of yesteryear's when they thought they have everything on earth under their command. And later at a Conference at Coimbatore to celebrate the Classical status of Tamil where the Participants hailed the Chief Minister as a Saviour, Protector of Tamil language for spending 100s of crores of rupees belonging to the tax payer. So after the Conference, Tamil would feel happy that it found a place among the great languages of the world thanks to a Govern...

Tata..a Different Story. Jamshedji worked in his father's firm till the age of 29. In 1868, he started a trading company with a seed capital of Rs. 21,000. In 1869, he acquired a bankrupt oil mill in Chinchpokli, converted it into a cotton mill and renamed the mill to Alexandra Mill. He sold the mill two years later for a healthy profit. Thereafter he set up a cotton mill in Nagpur in 1874. He christened it Empress Mill on 1 January 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India. "Empress Mills" how noble and patriotic!! and even till today the TATAs try and spin this yarn about their nationalist credentials. Well where did he get this "seed capital of Rs. 21,000"? and what would be Rs. 21,000 worth today? when at the time cost of gold was roughly ONE RUPEE AN OUNCE - while today it is above Rs. 39,000 an ounce!!! DRUGS!! The TATAs were drug dealers!! Here are excerpts from the minutes to a Legislative Council meeting held on Friday, March 25, ...

In Free Independent India, traitors and enemies of India during foreign rule were honoured. While natives continued to suffer as in the hands of the British. Congress Party was never an enemy party of British Raj but a collaborator with it. Hence their over flowing love for the British and hate for all British’s enemies like Subhash Bose, Bhagat Singh, Veer Savarkar, Sardar Patel, etc. The Nawabs of Arcot belong to the lineage of traitors who fought for British against Desis. Now they have shifted drama and are pretending to be patriotic Indians. Sadly they still enjoy protocol advantage from the government which should go along with the abolishment of Privy Purse. But being Muslims, the governments don’t act against Muslims as they do against real Hindu Maharajahs. The thirteenth Nawab, Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1825–1855), died without issue and the British annexed the Carnatic Nawabdom applying the doctrine of lapse. Ghouse Khan's uncle Azim Jah was created the first Pr...

It’s usual for Politicians with criminal cases to declare that they should be ultimately be judged by the People’s Court calked the Elections. This game helps them pretend that  they are thump sucking innocents and above any Law of the Land. And no Judiciary can slap their judgement on politicians as people’s court is superior as per their narrative. An average person can’t grasp that the Constitution and Laws are Superior to any democratic exercise. So politicians trust in the gullibility of people and in their own ability to fool people without accountability. Politicians are clever species who learnt the art of dividing people, uniting divisive forces, put up appealing arguments and pretend that they are your well wishers. Having spent enormous time with Politicians, I have understood that successful politicians possess that grave skill to impress you during a chat. Any simple man will fall for them by their suave manners. The talent to remove anyone’s underwear without re...

Smaller countries like Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong are economic mights along with bigger USA, Germany, Japan, etc. Even China with a larger population than India and which had lesser GDP growth than India’s in 50s has rapidly moved ahead. Yet, despite some visible impact of Narendramodi Govt during the last five years, India has a long way to catch up with both China and USA. And though the percentage of poverty has fallen, the numbers to catch up still remain staggering. Thanks not just to the Mughal & British invaders but also to the friends of the British, the Congress Party of India.  How did some nations achieve so much? It was all about honesty in leadership, integrity, governance and standards. The quality of standards can change a society. China proved that staggering numbers could be turned into advantage, if people were trained, skilled, productive, hard working and committed. China benefited from being an authoritarian Govt that forced people to obey ...

Some  have repeatedly accused me of purposefully hiding the great achievements of the great Congress party of India to India. They hold a long list of achievements, beginning with the independence movement. They call me a subterfuger and that is ironic because such hiding, twisting, manipulative skills were the key characters of most of Congress claims on India since her formation in 1885 as an elitist club and as a joint venture with Colonial British to seek jobs from the rulers. Congress was not launched to fight for India’s independence and an aura was later carefully created that the Party was launched to fight for India. Congress were Voluntary slaves of the British who crowned themselves as Saviours of India.  To those foreign to Indian political system, let’s clarify that Congress in India is a political party  and not some representative or democratic parliament as it was elsewhere. Congress Party was and is a Colonial legacy and was not antithetical to it. ...

Are you one of those who open main door first thing in the morning in search for your newspaper?  Do you get flustered if it hasn’t yet arrived?  Do you get glued to the paper unmindful of other happenings at home?  Then you surely have a mind that is habituated or addicted to newspaper. What we don’t realise is that our addictive mind searches for titillation or sensation that all addictions bring. Addictive newspaper reading under pretext of thirst for information and news could be one too. Newspaper addicts probably enjoy high sensations, are very argumentative, hold strong emotions and get impatient by even superficial logic.  I know that because I was an addict for five decades. Had read newspapers without fail and on some days, I read ten newspapers, in detail. I was addicted to newspapers and my profession compelled me to scan them every day for three to four hours, every working day. But recently, I unsubscribed to all and started enjoying my exis...