Rahul Gandhi, the dilettante.

On the continuing of the present day politicians, this is about Rahul Gandhi. In this post it shows how a legacy continues without enough qualifications or justifications, but just being born to the Nehru - Gandhi family gives them the natural right to rule. Rahul Gandhi, has a lot of gaping holes in his past life, educational qualification and his previous job history. It is distorted and no one has a clear picture. This again comes under the Election Commission's purview to disclose the relevant facts about the future MP, MLA or the Prime Minister of this country.

A brief history of Rahul Gandhi...

Rahul Gandhi attended St.Columbia's School, New Delhi before entering the The Doon School. Rahul Gandhi attended Doon from 1981-83 before being home-schooled for security reasons. His admission to St Stephen's College was controversial as he was believed to have been admitted on the basis of his abilities as a competitive pistol shooter, which was disputed and left the school in 1990, after one year of education.

The Harvard alumni records list him as attending between 1990 and 1993 but not as completing a degree. He transferred, reportedly due to security concerns following his father's murder, to Rollins College in Florida where he completed a B.A. in 1994. During the parliamentary elections in 2004, Gandhi claimed that he had received an MPhil in Development Economics after attending Trinity College, Cambridge. Media enquiries report that he attended under the alias ("Raul Vinci"). He worked in London with the strategy consultancy firm Monitor Group, before returning to India in late 2002 to run an engineering and technology outsourcing firm in Mumbai. But none of this has been confirmed and whenever someone tried to rake this up, his team of image lawyers have slapped defamation cases, like in the case of Newsweek and a blog run by Hindu Unity was shut down.

The other controversies were the statements uttered by him, which has hurt to the people of Bangladesh and about the Babri Masjid demolition would not have happened if there was anyone from the Nehru - Gandhi family at the helm. These were real irresponsible and arrogant remarks, which was condemned but nothing could stop him going forward with his plans of projecting himself as the future leader of this country.

This nation is plagued with this dynasty rule and giving importance to one family, by not seeing the capability of progeny of the illustrious leaders. It is taken for granted that the progeny will be as good as their ancestors.

There are a few questions that I would like to ask Mr. Gandhi...

This is not using your name or your power...

1. Have you ever stood in a queue for Kerosene in a ration shop?

2. Have you travelled in a suburban train or a bus before or after office time?

3. Have you been to a RTO office for procuring a learners license?

4. Have you been to a passport office to obtain an application?

5. Have you ever been to a municipal office to obtain a birth/ death certificate or even a caste certificate?

6. Have you ever felt the pressure of living within your wages?

7. Have you ever been to a police station to complain and file a FIR?

Sorry Mr. Gandhi...

You have never done this before. Try doing this and find the exact position of the common man. I feel unless you have encountered the problems the aam admi face, you can never understand and lead this country. You can comment sitting on a lofty position and with your false sense of concern.

It is easy for an actor's son to become an actor, it is easy to become a doctor for a doctor's son and the list goes on...

But to become the best in one's chosen field is strewn with a bed of thorns, but it is easy to follow when the ground work is done.

Mr. Gandhi, you have had it easy all through your life and I feel that you are just misusing the Nehru - Gandhi dynasty name to attain your life goals. There were days when Mrs. Sonia Gandhi used to hide in the Italian Embassy fearing her life in the times of trouble. Now she is the Rajmata of this country.

This surname used by your clan is of convenience, as Feroze Gandhi, was Feroze Gandhy...

I would say get real and if you are really concerned in leading the country, get to the grassroots and work in tandem with the poor and understand their needs, their pulse and then get into politics. I appreciate your project of identifying young leaders without any past affiliations and training them to be your trusted lieutenants.

But I still doubt your sincerity and your intent.

Mayawati, the Maverick

This is a starting of a series of views on the politicians in India and my views about them. I can't help but to write about this maverick of a politician, who is making ripples in the Indian political arena.

Mayawati is the most uncouth, corrupt, devoid of decency and decorum you can ever find in in the history of Indian politics, in spite of her high educational achievements. She is a trained lawyer, was a school teacher, aspired to be a civil servant and so on, but this does not reflect on her stature of a high ranking politician, she is absolutely crass and loud. Maybe it is the way she wants to project herself and I don't agree with that because education instills some degree of refinements in a person. She takes pride in her short lived government with the support of the BJP in the past and claim that if she can become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for four times, then she can become the prime minister of this country. If you take that statistics in consideration I think Karunanidhi has qualified himself many times more than her.

She is corrupt to the core and has assets worth Rs. 52 crores. She has distributed her wealth among her relatives and in spite of the Supreme Court pulling up the Central Bureau of Investigation for the status of the disproportionate assets cases, still the cases are to be brought to a logical end. The election commission requires every candidate to furnish details of his or her assets and the sources, but she has stood elections and won from when her wealth was at Rs. 1.1 crores to 11 crores to now 52 crores. She banks on her status as a dalit and takes advantage of it to the hilt. She should be arrested and a judicial enquiry should be formed to look into the disproportionate assets case.

I don't know what pride she takes in being a dalit's daughter, even if the others do not want to call them with caste names, they just want to remind everyone they are still dalits. The want to keep this status as long as possible to gain maximum mileage. Do you think she really wants to uplift clan? No. She needs to keep enforcing that they are oppressed and want to maintain that status quo.

She has brought down every standard set by the other preceding Chief Ministers and other politicians and created new unholy and disastrous trends in Indian politics. She cannot claim that it was only because of Ambedkar or Kanshi Ram played the very important role in the upliftment of the dalits, there are a lot of other humanitarians who have played a pivotal role and call it natural process, no one can be oppressed for long. She wants to preserve the dalit territory to herself and gain maximum mileage out of it.

Her statues are an eyesore in the horizon, I don't know how low can she get by installing more and more statues of her across UP. This maverick should be reined in or the nation would go into another spell of misrule and widespread corruption.

New Developments in the Miserable State of Affairs

I actually feel bad writing this post, but this is the stark truth as I perceive.

The first thing to be mentioned here is the nasty court battle regarding an abortion of a fetus above 2o weeks old. This was really uncalled for and took hold of the entire media attention. Things which are to be close door affairs are discussed in full glare of the media and setting a different tone all together. I am not against abortion or for abortion, but I feel there should be some ethics followed in this practice and the abortion laws of 1971 still stands fast in spite of lot of advances in the medical facilities, I am not sure if this is (modern medical facilities) a gift or a bane to the human kind. No one is sure until the baby is born if it is disabled or has serious health conditions later in life, it is just tests which is not completely conclusive. But there is a very wide gap in ascertaining the survival of the unborn baby.

I think every fetus should be given a chance to be born, of course not in some cases where there are serious other issues involved. If the court allows the abortion of the fetus above 20 weeks, euthanasia should be legalized. There is more involved in this, the main thing is man playing god. It has been a disaster in every region where man has try to change the natural flow of things and this is no exception.

But now what is on the news is that the concerned lady has had a miscarriage, it really puts doubts in the minds of people. It is blamed on the media that the stress and attention given to this case has led to this miscarriage, very convenient. So the intention, so the outcome. I do not want to comment on this further. It is their conscience and it is a matter of ethics.

The Amarnath issue is getting worse further and further and the government at the centre is just watching as an outsider. This behaviour of the Hindus and Muslims of J&K is totally unacceptable. This kind of situation is not there in any part of the country except J&K, it makes it worse because the centre does not have a strong backbone to crush the situation and bring normalcy. What do the people gain by this sort of mindless and wanton disruptions of peace and tranquility? Nothing, the produces gets rotten in storerooms and the godowns and no safe passage to the markets They do not realize that these kind of disruptions give a mileage to the politicians and the people with vested interests.

But the great news is Abhinav Bindra has won the first gold medal for India in the Olympic Games. This is a great news and a reason for the entire nation to rejoice. Thank you very much Mr. Bindra. This is totally an individual's effort and the unquenchable thirst to succeed.

There is a totally a misguided false sense of Patriotism, on the Independence day. Later all the promises are forgotten, no wonder Samuel Johnson said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." And Malcom X said, "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it."

I am not going to end this post by saying Jai Hind, but I strongly stand by every human being in this world and there is more than some love to one's nation alone.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw.

Good times and Series of Uncertainties.

The magic of Olympic games is back. I used to enjoy the entire games watching on the TV in my very young age. The excitement, the vibrancy, the mix of people, the courage, the indomitable spirit, the patriotism, the competition, the joy, the ultimate test of endurance and stamina, all these and much more. When the games come to an end, I used to feel a void in my life after sharing this period with the entire world. I want to appreciate the Doordarshan for bringing in the highlights of the day, which was an anticipated event in our life during the 80s and the early 90s. Sebastian Coe, Carl Lewis and the beautiful Russian gymnasts who used to bring in joy and excitement during those days.

The Chinese have recreated history again with their mind blowing display of fireworks and spirit of life once again. But, I don't want to comment on the politics and other issues where the world is divided. Yes, there are a lot of ethnic strives and discontented souls, but this is not the right arena to display this. The Tibetan issue, the communist regime and other political uprisings. Now is the period to rejoice and give an opportunity to bring out the good in the mankind. Healthy competition and friendship is what we should to be focusing now. There is a different place and venue to fight out these issues. Let us enjoy the moment and forget about the present day-to-day problems, which is going to remain much after the games are over.

Now back to the Indian politics. The Amarnath Cave Shrine land transfer has gone bad to worse and the entire state is paralysed. Now, what I don't understand is you have a different rule for the Kashmiris and the rest of India. The non Muslim Kashmiris cannot buy land and when some part of their land is temporarily leased out for some good cause can create a situation where the demography can change and entire state comes to a standstill. I blame the centre and the policy of minority appeasement.

The Congress nor the so called secular parties can enforce an uniform law and are still trying to please every tom, dick and harry of a community for their safeguard of the future vote. Again I don't understand this, is the nation important or the victory in the next election important? They should abandon these absurd policies of secularism (pseudo-secularism?) and work for the common good.

Next is the series of bombings across the nation. This is a very coordinated effort by the subversive elements, but again what can the Intelligence agencies and the police do to prevent these unfortunate incidents? Nothing!

The problem is explosion of the population and you see concentration of the population in the urban areas and is drastically increasing and they become easy prey for these cowards (terrorists or as the Congress calls them militants) to act. The government is not concentrating on the rural areas, where there is ample opportunities of employment. Now with the rapid improvement in communication and accessibility, the government should focus on the farming and allied trade to flourish, so there will be no shortage on food requirements.

You find a lot discussed on the nuclear energy and some nonsensical talks about outsourcing industry, why don't they think about the basic requirements of the aam Janatha. There is also a growing discontent in the ordinary citizens that causes these sorts of problems. Here I am not commenting on the Muslim population which is really close minded and the efforts to broaden their horizon beyond the Quran and their strict doctrines has utterly failed. There is no respite to these issues and problems faced by the nation, until we have a structural and fundamental upheaval.

I don't believe in democracy, negotiations, negotiations and no action. Sick is not the word. The army comes up with an announcement they will tolerate to the maximum extent and then will use minimum action. This is bullshit, when the army comprised of a mix of the entire country fighting for the territorial integrity of the nation remains a mute spectator. This is absurd, we should rather give them their share of land and watch them go to the hell, the way Afganistan has gone. Let them uphold their idiotic dogma and rot.

Like I read some column in one of the major newspapers, when a minority of the nation becomes a majority, they take all the privileges and treat the rest as some sort of inferior creatures. What does Omar Abdullah mean by we won't sacrifice our land? This is absurdity, as there are millions of Muslims living in the other parts of the country and when everyone comes up with this logic, there would be utter chaos.

I feel anarchy and absolute anarchy can only save this country. Maybe we should give the Supreme Court the free hand to rule this country. With their acrid tongue and mind blowing observations they can bring any lowly crappy politicians to their knees, like they did to Karunanidhi.

Next is the entire drama of the confidence vote in the parliament. Lot of unwanted and belittling scenes happened during this period. Like the display of cash by the BJP members and the desperate attempts by the ever opposing left was a clear indications of making a fool of themselves. It really hurts to see veteran politicians to be standing in the wake of that maverick Mayawathi, who has no sense of decorum and decency. She projects herself as the future Prime Minister, god can only help us when she is. The wealth she had amassed can put a seasoned businessman to shame. The explanations by her are really hilarious, contributed by the people. Okay, if that was the case, where should the money go back to? The people, is it not?

The entire country is collectively mesmerised by this uncouth and so called dalit leader, whose only objective is create statues of herself and exploit the so called dalits and projecting herself as the future leader of the oppressed masses. These people will survive and they have no intention to upgrade their clan, so they have the advantage of the deprived community status. She has come up with some new absurd and nonsensical allegations that the CBI had offered to overlook the disproportionate wealth case, if she voted in against the no confidence motion. I am amazed at the fact that how low can one become to preserve their power status. The only upside of the entire no confidence motion proceedings was Ms. Priyanka Gandhi's attire, which was really hep and had a very confident and business like look.

The nation cannot save itself with appeasing every tom, dick and harry in each community, but by taking strong measures beyond the next general elections. If a work well done will be appreciated and any slip will be condemned. Get real Ms. Sonia Gandhi and clan. Just get yourselves clear and lead this nation out of its misery, even if you loose the next election.

The aim of the party should be nation first and next comes individuals. As long as there are power hungry politicians, there can be no progress. Take for example Deve Gowda, who is still making a spectacle of himself, who had become a prime minister by chance and not out of his personal charisma or the popularity of his party. Now, with reasonably average intelligence, anyone can get into politics and keep their poll worthiness by appeasing their community and giving false sense of pride.

As the Supreme Court had said even god cannot save this country. This is not a cry of desperation and is the truth. Infighting, infighting and infighting. It is better off to have anarchy and everyone is for himself than having this drama of democracy. (In anarchy you die only once and not everyday)