Gau Gram Yatra

An unprecedented journey, marathon of marathons.

Salient features ....


# A grand journey (yatra) has begun from Kurukshetra (Haryana) on Vijayadashami Day (September 28, 2009) and will conclude in Nagpur on Makar Sankranti Day in 2010, covering a distance of 20,000 km in 108 days and there will be over 400 prominent events at different places during the Yatra. 


# Some smaller journeys will also be conducted in villages, which will join the bigger ones to be conducted at taluka, district and state levels. There will be about 15,000 such smaller journeys and they will cover a distance of about 10 Lakh Kms.

# Over 21 crore people of the country are expected to give their assent over the memorandum, which will be presented to the President of India Smt. Pratibha Patil demanding the total ban on cow slaughter, status of national animal to the cow and implementation of the existing laws against cow slaughter. According to an estimate, more than 50 crore people will resolve to protect the rural culture, villages and the cow through the Yatra.

For journey schedule, refer http://eng.gougram.org/

BEST part is that it would by and large remain a-political .... no politicians involved,which is quite a welcome step. Cultural movement have to be taken up by people (the masses) and not by politicians. The way democracy runs today, politicians can't claim that they represent the masses. So, they can't (and shouldn't) stand for cultural issues that directly touches the heart and soul of people of India. Past experience says (and I believe) that they have messed up cultural issues (and people's sentiments) and have hurt the movement rather than helping it. Ram Janmabhumi movement a befitting case.

So, IF the journey succeeds in attaining its objective even if partially (considering that we have a so-called "secular" Govt. and President appointed by them), by then we would witness a new way of governance. And alternatively, IF the journey couldn't get any of the demands, even then the message would have reached the masses and they would become more aware towards the significance and importance of Gau-Mata. In either cases, the organizers (sants and gurus) should feel happy, a state (ananda) in which they already are always [like a Karma Yogi who is unaffected by the outcome, Gita lessons are working, at the least in my mail postings .... :)]

So, spread the news ... Mark your calendar .... yatra comes to Hyderabad on 15th November (Sunday).

Lastly, in the words of Sri Aurobindo "The Sanatan Dharma, that is nationalism. This is the message that I have to speak to you." And, we can add now that ... Gau-Mata is Sanatan Dharma.

How they (China) solve problem & how we (India) ?

Came across an eye-opener article of how China resolves her problem w.r.t. Xinjiang (China's Kashmir), we (India) might want to learn something from her neighbor.

Read on ... "A tale of two Kashmirs"

E. Sreedharan ... a life sketch

Morning ... reading spiritual books, like the Srimad Bhagvadam at least for half an hour. Meditation, then pranayam. The whole process takes about one hour fifteen minutes, one hour thirty minutes. Then going for a walk in the morning.

Office from 8:30 to 5:30 ...

Evening ... again some spiritual reading, reading the Bhagvad Gita for fifteen, twenty minutes, then some pranayam and then yoga

Who is this ? E. Sreedharn, the man behind the Metros ...

Read more in his interview
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sreedharan-wants-indias-metro-works-at-chinas-speed/97064-3-single.html

Tale of eminent historians

We blame laloo for "chara-ghotala", gandhis for "bofors" and so on .... BUT nobody to blame the academicians who have misused and abused public money to either do nothing or spread lies in the name of history.

This is far more dangerous and sinister than any form of terrorism .... "Intellectual terrorism". Thousand years back our civilization was wounded on "body" by the sword of Islam, hundreds years back its "mind" was degenerated by the britishers colonialism and now its the "marxist" brand of lies and concocted theories which is corrupting (terrorizing) the "intellect".

But all these daemonic forces must remember, they are fighting with the believers of Gita, which says, higher that the body is the mind, higher than mind is intellect but higher than intellect is the soul. And it is the very soul force of this nation that shall give a fitting reply to all these aggressions on the body, mind and intellect.

This is just the beginning ... of the tale of "eminent" historians of my nation ... read on

Is this the man who'll supervise next elections ?

Elections are the foundation of a democracy. Election commission entrusted with the responsibility to hold free and fair elections plays a pivotal role in smooth power transfer. It is an institution which is expected to work in absolutely unbiased manner.

For the first time in India's modern day history, the Chief Election Commissioner (Gopalaswami) has recommended sacking of one of the Election Commissioner (Chawla).

Is he right morally and constitutionally to raise the whistle at a time when the country is at the threshold of general elections?

To find an answer, let us look at conduct of Mr.Chawla in the past.

1. Let us go back to the days of Emergency, this man was deemed unfit to hold any public office which demands an attitude of fair play and consideration for others by Justice Shah Commission thirty years back, in 1979. Why? This man was secretart to the Lieutenant Governor, Delhi and abused his position in cynical disregard of welfare of citizens at the best of oppressing political party.

2. He is the beneficiary of the bonties received by her highness madam's party. His family run trust was also allotted six acres of land from the Congress government in Rajasthan in Ashok Gehlot rule. Donations received by his trust were predominantly from madam's own party namely A A Khan, R P Goenka, Ambika Soni, Karan Singh and A R Kidwai.

Recenty, 204 MPs of the Opposition NDA applied to the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam, asking for Chawla’s removal from the Commission.

 ooking at Mr.Chawla's past were these people wrong? Wouldn't anybody have done the same?

Is CEC (Gopalaswami) morally wrong ? Certainly Not. Well, the question rather needs to be asked is that why was this man made an Election Commissioner in the first place by the ruling party. Does the Madam thinks that she can appoint puppets at each and every constitutional positions of India, be it the post of PM, President and Election Commissioner. This calls for a serious re-look at appointment of CEC and ECs, in the spirit of Constituent Assembly debate and impartial conduct and functioning of EC.

Why now? Does it takes time to collect evidences, observe certain behavioural patterns, deliberate upon them and finally formulate an opinion about a person with whom you work. Gopalaswami isn't Chawala, he couldn't have acted in Chawala's sycophantic style of working. In May 2006, the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha moved the Supreme Court for Chawla’s removal. In that case, CEC Gopalaswami filed an affidavit affirming that he had the authority to remove any member of the Election Commission for good reasons. This led to the withdrawal of the petition. CEC at that time probably would have wanted to give himself more time to understand his collegue better.

Now, lets come to the question of constitutional authority. In case of the removal of Election Commissioners the Constitution says that they "shall not be removed from office except on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.". Rule seems quite simple and unambiguous. But its not always so when you are one of the beneficiaries. So, CEC is constitutionally correct in recommending the removal of EC provided he has substantial evidence to prove his case (and it seems that he has done his homework by preparing a 800 page report and sending to the President).

Kudos to CEC (Gopalaswami) for upholding the honour and prestige of Indian Democracy. Chawala must go, he is morally and constitutionally unfit to become CEC. Any futher efforts to push his candidature towards CECship will adversely affect Congress's plan to return to power. If better sense prevails upon them, its time that they throw him away.

Are we battle ready ?

Shockingly this report exposes the preparedness of India in the eventuality of a war. Are we ready for it ? Ofcourse Not seems to be the unambigious answer ...

The shocking revelations of the report were:

Only seven of India's 16 submarines are available for combat at any time.

10 of these 16 ageing submarines will be due for phase-out by 2012.

To maintain current numbers, one submarine needs to be inducted every two years but there's been no addition since 2001.

India's only submarine-making facility in Mumbai was kept idle for 12 years.

Source:- http://ibnlive.in.com/news/are-we-battle-ready-submarine-repair-that-takes-forever/82616-3.html 

Mumbai attack ... implications and measures

Attack on Mumbai ... perhaps for the first time the voices of "Spirit of Mumbai (Bombay)" are not much being heard as of now at the least! ... I haven't been able to understand if such kinds of spirits are a sign of resilience OR insensitivity?

May the almighty God give strength to all those who have lost their near and dear ones, their loss is irrecoverable. Heartiest tributes to the members of law enforcement agencies (Police, Army and NSG) who have made supreme sacrifice for the motherland and fought gallantly against the terrorists.

Implications:-

1. Political: UPA Govt. on defensive, Home Minister resigns, so does the NSA; BJP on the offensive.  What are leftist doing? Researching tirelessly and trying to solve the case for us (They seem to think that they are the ONLY intellectuals left in India … read on

2. Global: India named among 20 most dangerous places to be.

3. Technical: Terror: New age terrorism a reality.

4. Consciousness: Serious dangers to the diversity loving “Hindu” thought in Bharat.

Measures (Some of them):-

1. Politicizing and communalizing of terrorism is dangerous. Narendra Modi’s targeting the UPA Govt. on the field and when the operation was in progress, was immature, untimely and unwarranted. Consensus MUST emerge, as was hinted by L.K. Advani in his recent address at HT Leadership Summit. Why didn’t the PM and LOP go together at the cite ?

2. Improve the defense and strike capabilities of our armed forces, both in terms of weaponry and fitness. We as a nation just can’t loose our officers of the ranks of ATS chief, ACP, NSG Major, encounter-specialist. We have perhaps over emphasized non-violence a little too much. Stop all talks of non-violence exhibiting unmanliness.

3. Stop wasting time in the non-sense ideas of talking to Pakistan (read ISI) and explaining the evidence we have against them. Prepare and equip the armed forces for pin-pointed, precise and pre-emptive strikes in PoK and Pakistan (without inflicting any damage to the common Pakistani). Make the foriegn affairs and policies more effective, start building a world consensus against Pakistan aggressively. We must really be insane to believe that Pakistan will be facilitating us in nabbing the terrorists in its soil, they will of course take the evidence and use the information to wipe out all traces which could possibly lead to a fair investigation.

4. Start inculcating the great nationalistic values of Bharat, Bharatiya ethos and culture on a war footing. As a next step, a compulsory military training for self-defense and mental alertness at all the times.

5. Instead of running away from religion, society should start making efforts in bridging the gulf between different religions especially islam, christianity and hinduism. Understand each other better, celebrate festivals together and build consensus on issues of nationalism. No appeasement whatsoever towards any body based on faith, so no reservations on the basis of religion. 

Story of Sadhavi Pragya

When L.K.Advani talked about the brutality and torture of Sadhavi couple of days back referring to the affidavit filed by her lawyer, I searched in vain for the full text of the affidavit which made him to "finally" realize the ordeal she has been going through, although many of us have sensed it long back. Finally I found the full text of Affidavit filed by Sadhavi Pragya's lawyer in court .. here it is:-

http://www.dailypioneer.com/135277/%E2%80%98I-was-beaten-day-and-night-my-chastity-was-questioned-I-wanted-to-commit-suicide%E2%80%99.html

Now, if a nun in Orissa says that she was raped, she was not put under narco-test to ascertain the authenticity of her statement, rather her word was taken as a commandment and hunt began look for the culprits.

Now, if India is a secular state, similarly shouldn't the role of Maharashtra ATS be probed and investigated on serious charges made by Sadhavi?

Some excerpts from the affidavit:-
.......
6. I say that in Surat during the course of my interrogation with Mr Sawant, I mentioned to him that the LML Freedom two wheeler once owned by me was subsequently sold to one Sunil Joshi of Madhya Pradesh way back in October, 2004 and that Mr Joshi had paid me Rs 24,000/- for the same. I had also signed the necessary TT Form for RTO transfer in October, 2004 itself. I categorically asserted to Mr Sawant that since October, 2004 I had no control over the vehicle or its movements and usage.
.......
16. I say that as a result of the custodial violence/torture, mental stress, anxiety that were developed in the process, I was subjected to, I developed acute abdominal and kidney pains. I lost my appetite, became nauseous and giddy and prone to having bouts of unconsciousness. In view of this, within few hours after putting in Rajdoot Hospital, I was removed from the ATS office and was taken a hospital which learnt it to be Shusrusha Hospital wherein I was kept in ICU.
.......
27. In the circumstances I now pray for the following relief:
a) that the ATS be directed to submit an explanation for my detention without authority of law between 10.10.2008 and 23.10.2008;
b). that enquiry/investigation be conducted into my accusation made hereinabove on oath, regarding custodial torture/violence and mental and psychological abuse;
c). that such investigation as referred to in (b) above, include a polygraph test, as well as Narco analysis on me to determine the veracity of my accusations;
d). that such investigation to include a polygraph test and narco analysis on officers of the ATS named by me, and also of those officers whose names, I do not know, but I can identify, for they subjecting me to mental and physical abuse during custody as well as others to be identified by me;
e) that a report be called for from the ATS for the reasons of my admission in two hospitals ( Shusrusha an another) and the medical treatment undergone by me at the said two hospitals;
f) The ATS be directed to disclose the reasons for my stay at Hotel Rajdoot at Mumbai.;
g) For such further and other reliefs as may be fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

Who says India is poor ?

India has highest contribution to the Swiss Banks ... the article says

Black money in Swiss banks -- Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries:

Top five
India---- $1456 billion
Russia---$ 470 billion
UK-------$390 billion
Ukraine- $100 billion
China-----$ 96 billion

How much is $1456 billion ? ... the article says

1. India with $1456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined.

2. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each

3. The amount is 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. Once this huge amount of black money and property comes back to India, the entire foreign debt can be repaid in 24 hours.

4. If this surplus amount (12 times remaining) is invested in earning interest, the amount of interest will be more than the annual
budget of the Central government. So even if all the taxes are abolished, then also the Central government will be able to maintain
the country very comfortably.

Read on ...
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137213

How an Intelligent Indian Muslim thinks ?

After the recent blasts in Delhi, I tried to look around for any comments or reactions from the Indian muslim community. So, I came across this interesting website: http://indianmuslims.in/

First, see the funniest part of it, in the “About Us” section, this is what they say …

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Mission Statement:
A platform that engages all Indians in a constructive dialog on issues concerning Indian Muslims

If you are an Indian Muslim and interested in writing for this blog, please drop us a mail at editor[at]indianmuslims.in.

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Quite evidently, on one hand they want to engage all Indians BUT only allow Indian Muslim to blog on their site !

Now, some of the excerpts (italized) one of the leading blogs on “terrorism” written in the aftermath of Delhi blasts.:-

Blog Name:- It’s the Intelligence, Stupid!

First, blog blames the Intelligence agencies ...

"The latest terrorist act in Delhi killing more than 20 people and claimed by ‘Indian Mujahideen’ just reinforces and reminds that the whole way in which these investigations have been pursued till now are completely ineffective."

Second, as far as strong anti-terror law is concerned,  blog says they are NOT needed ...

"Narendra Modi and Sheila Dixit have called for more stringent anti-terrorist laws. It is a useless demand and any such law will end up subjugating innocents more as we have seen under POTA and TADA than stopping the terrorists. Innumerable detentions throughout India after each blast has shown most of those apprehended have nothing to do with the blasts."

Third, blog suggest some measures to improve working of Intelligence agencies ...

"The Indian intelligence system needs to build contacts with the local Muslim communities, with the imams of mosques and community leaders with honour and respect. They need to bring them on-board and give a sense to the community that we are all in it together. They also need to ensure that the focus is on stopping unlawful activities rather than making the whole community suspect."

My comments are as below one each of the above :-

First, 

If we don't listen to WHAT Intelligence agencies need, then how can we blame them ! NSA says that anti-terror law is needed. Remember these were his views before the Delhi blasts. 

Second,

You are politicizing the “war against terrorism”, Why do you associate politicians to it ? DO NOT POLITICIZE THE MATTER …. I say don’t hear what the elected representatives say! But go ahead and ask from the law enforcement agencies and if they say that anti-terror law isn’t needed then so be it.

As far as efficiency of these laws goes, I must remind here that 100 of the 129 finally accused were found to be guilty and were convicted by the specially designated TADA court. Read here . I was listening to the then Police Commissioner of Mumbai during ’93 Bomb Blasts during one of the discussion after the '93 Blasts verdict was announced in 2006 and he was strongly advocating the need for stringent laws and said that 100 out of 129 means that TADA had one of best conviction rates, without which the terrorist would have easily escaped .

Third,

“Unlawful activities” … it is not some petty crimes which we are discussing here my friend, it is the anti-national terrorist activities which are being discussed.

Is the above suggestion practical? You want the Intelligence to build publically visible contacts with the Muslim leaders … They do make contacts within the muslim community covertly and you want to steal away the stealthiest weapon of covertness from Intelligence agencies. Which side are you standing ? I am sorry to say that you don't sound naïve but certainly foolish …

Stupid Common Man ...

Hearing the same story again being repeated ...

In the series of serial bomb blasts ripping one after the other, through various cities of India ... the latest one is New Delhi. Terror strike at the heart of the national capital.

Is this first time capital is attacked ? No
We have witnessed attack on the temple of democracy (which we call 'Parliament') and then again around Diwali in 2005.

We are told that modus operandi of terrorists remains same here as was in Ahmedabad and Bangalore (in a sense that so called "low intensity blasts" being used); but the modus operandi of our elected Governments also remains same asking for people to maintain calm, peace and harmony, not to forget the ex gratia announcements. At most, some make rhetoric statements like "Aar Paar Ki Ladaii" (Do or Die Fight) but then waste crores of rupees to deploy forces around the border and do nothing.

Time is running out ... if the Governments don't do their duty ... then time is not far when somewhere a stupid common man will rise which won't be a pleasing experience for the so called "civilized society" in which we supposedly live today.

Finally a message for the Governments:-

Source:- http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-02-03.html

Lotus ... no longer a symbol of national ethos

It seems that Lotus flower (National Flower of India), no longer symbolizes the national ethos.

All the Kendriya Vidyalaya will use a new emblem in which globe has replaced the lotus, thanks to the Central Government (read UPA Govt. or more specifically HRD minister Shri. Arjun Singh)

Read the explanation for the change:-

In order to give a broader reflection of national ethos and ought to be inclusive of challenges, opportunities, rationalistic, scientific & global thinking,. advances in science & technology and social changes taking place in the society, the Board of Governors of KVS in its 79th meeting decided to modify the existing emblem

Source: http://kvsangathan.nic.in/amblem.pdf

SIMI's Secular Admirers ...

I happen to tumble across the article by S.Gurumurthy. I sometimes wonder if this is the same Congress party of Gandhi and Nehru which led the freedom movement and claims to have given us freedom ?

Source:- http://www.newindpress.com/newsitems.asp?ID=IEM20080821003817

Here are some of the excerpts (in Italics):-

August 5, a court in Delhi annulled the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), faulting the UPA Govt. for providing “no fresh evidence” to continue the ban.

Intentionally, you (UPA Govt.) don't provide any evidence against SIMI in the court of Law to support the extension of ban against anti-national outfit and eventually the honorable court has no option but to lift the ban.

How did the “seculars” react to the court lifting the ban on SIMI? Mulayam Singh and Lalu Yadav said that the ban was wrong in the first place! Congress party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said the order was “no setback.”

This vindicates the conclusion drawn above. UPA Govt. didn't want to extend the ban on SIMI and they don't see Court's verdict as a setback, in fact they are feel happy about it.

When the secularists were handing out negative certificate of good conduct to SIMI, thanks to the court order, a study by the Institute of Conflict Management headed by KPS Gill, the terror of the Punjab terrorists, had already catalogued over 100 incidents from 2000 to July this year, that characterised SIMI as a terror outfit. Its cadre had been charged as motivators and perpetrators in major attacks from 2002 to 2008.

Super Cop KPS Gill is apolitical person and his analysis as an expert MUST have been taken into consideration by UPA Govt., but they did not !

How did SIMI grow to these menacing proportions? The plain answer is that it was receiving open and clandestine political patronage from the seculars. The NDA government first banned SIMI in September 2001 and extended the ban in 2003,which continued till September 2005. The UPA government, which came to power in 2004, did not extend the ban when it expired in September 2005, helping to revive a disintegrating SIMI.

But why did the UPA not continue the ban? Because Sonia Gandhi and her party opposed the first ban on SIMI in 2001. They were not only admirers of SIMI, but also its advocates – yes, really, advocates as Salman Khurshid, president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress committee, was the counsel defending SIMI in the high court and in the Supreme Court against the ban.

While speaking against the introduction of POTA in the special Parliament session in 2002 Sonia censured the government for banning the SIMI, which was not involved in terrorist activities!

The government of the same party had to re-impose ban in 2006 after its own Maharashtra government found SIMI involved in the Mumbai train blasts in 2006.

Even now, Sonia has not uttered one word against SIMI. Does it mean that she admires it still? Or she is so saintly that, like one of the three noble monkeys of Mahatma Gandhi, she sees no evil whether it is SIMI or LTTE or Nalini or Afzal — the RSS and its allies being the only exceptions!

It is war, it has to be fought like one ...

The message is loud and clear from Gujarat,
It (Terrorism) is war, it has to be fought like one ....

How it is to be fought ? Political leadership has to show the "will and resolve" that they want it win this battle and end the disease of terrorism tooth and nail. So, they did the right things at right time ....

1. Asking the society to maintain peace, much to the displeasure of 24x7 media channels who were expecting rhetoric speeches from CM for cheap TRP ratings. For instance here, channel isn't appreciating State Govt. and Police of prevent Ahmadabad in Surat but is being apprehensive of the CM. Such a useless idiots sitting in media houses.

2. Investigate the blasts on "war footing" ...

By midnight of July 26 the ruling political leadership sprang into action to make senior policemen understand that their investigations will get 100 per cent support, nothing less nothing more. They had at their disposal money, resources, manpower and even a chartered plane.

More than 11 teams were formed within the first few hours of the blasts. One team was asked to handle the investigations into the material used in the bombs. Another team was asked to investigate the use of bicycles. Another team was formed to thoroughly check all the phone calls made in Ahmedabad from certain areas just before and after the blasts. Another team was set up to reach out to all the police informers and gather their opinions on and information of the blasts. One team followed the cyber crime aspect of the case. The overall investigation of the case was assigned to the crime branch of Ahmedabad where more than 100 people started following whatever little leads that were available, from the midnight of July 26.

All of them were told that even if "communal riots (the possibility was always there) take place in Ahmedabad they should not divert their attention."

Read on ...

Contrast this with the fact that we have political leaders who don't catch the terrorists for fear of communal riots. The same person (Abul Bashar Qasmi and Co.) was let off by UP Govt. fearing riots by the muslims as I had already mentioned in the last blog title "We have caught them ...."

Is Police good for nothing ? Think again ...

"From July 26 to August 16 (when the breakthrough was announced) none of us went home to sleep. Every morning at 7 we would all go home and return after a shower and in fresh clothes. We would sleep on our chairs in the daytime. We haven't hit the bed yet," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama.