Prashant Bhushan's remarks on AFSPA

Had read +Prashant Bhushan's statement on the above, and shall not quote it, as it should be available enough over the Net. The Point is that it sounded Sensible Enough to me. There IS the problem as to How much of a Distorted version We are getting at this stage.

I Shall NOT be speaking of Referendums, Plebiscites or anything like that, as I have No political science.

But, as a Common Man, shall write some Common Sense things on all these.

1. It was said that AAP-ians did not know politics. And what is the Shame in that?

        Politics, after all, is 'Raj-Tantra,' the 'Tricks' Kings used to Keep their Subjects under their Thumb. 

        We Should be Happy if AAP-ians are not good in politics.

        Here is What they SHOULD be: Good Human Beings, Good Citizens, And Concerned and Honest Administrators. And Happily, We Can be Happy that they ARE that. 

2. Typical politicos spew a lot of air, giving themselves time the while to think and assess what they are saying, examining whether their statements would cause them any problems, even as they speak. Their Interest is NOT the Welfare of the Nation or the People, but themselves.

        "They duck stinging questions through ambiguous replies,

        Shy away from being barracked, 

        Are guilty of 'self-righteous shrillness,

        And use 'brusque interjections in a high-pitched voice.'"

        I took all the above Delightful descriptions from Firspost. Reference in Comments.

Let us be Thankful if AAP-ians are NOT like that.

3. AAP had done well to have Concentrated on the affairs of Delhi. Now that the situation is showing that the Nation is calling for AAP. It seems that there has NOT been enough discussion on policies. AND NO WONDER. We seem to think that policies are made in Days. We shall have to change our mind on that.

4. Policies NOT having been outlined, Prashant had spoken out Too Soon. Prashant would have done well to have said that the policy is yet under discussion. But he is right in saying that AFSPA has to be revised. There have been Enough instances of Misuse that make this Necessary.

5. A Govt SHOULD carry out what its People Want. THAT is the job of the govt.

jaya as PM candidate!

Sends shivers up and down my spine! If she 'does' become that, would have been better if I had been born an elephant.

Bill Gates came and said to her that the Infrastructure of the State would have to Improve if he was to be impressed.

This woman had promised 24 hours of electrical power, about which she had made SO much noise, with DAILY, Whole page statements in newpapers! (What must have been the cost!) The DMK had supplied some 21 hours of power, in jaya's time we get 12 hours or so. Last I heard, some 18,000 small industries have closed down in the Coimbatore area alone, due to lack of electrical power.

Oh, she is a real 'expert' in giving explanations. What if Intellectuals call it 'excuses?' she does not mind. she has Crores of sycophants ready to believe anything and everything she says.

jaya has 'Succeeded' in turning the river beds into dry earth by Mechanized Sand Mining, allowing whatever water comes to go 'Directly' to the sea, instead of seeping in through the Sand. Those who say that DMK also did this are turning Blind eyes to the difference in Scales, the Amounts taken out during the two times.

But We DO have LOTS of govt run 'bars.'

I cannot think of anything else she has done. Freebees? But everybody gives freebees these days. After all, it is not from 'her' pocket.

At least Arvind Kejriwal arranged for Free Water. This woman sells water at 10 rupees a litre.

The People Protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear plant have been SURROUNDED by the TN police, their Transportation, Electricity and Phone Connections cut off, and have suffered police atrocities and brutalities during jaya's time.

More than 270 Tamil Fishermen are in 'lankan' jails, and more than 70 Boats of the same folk seized by the same bully. But suddenly, in this case, jaya is making lots of noises for them, she who had been silent in this regard for about 3 years! Oh, elections are coming, of course.

But, elephants have it made! Spl camps for them every year. Spl food, Tender Loving Care, in short, a Picnic. I 'HAVE' to become an ele. Because she does not do it for Cows, Dogs or Donkeys.

By the way, just what is it that makes these women love elephants so? In the north, we have mayavati, who had put up about 10,000 statues of elephants for the benefit of the people of her state. And jaya gives picnics to elephants. (Interesting, no? ja-ya, ma-ya!)

So, though I do not believe in Re-Incarnations, or Punar-Janm, I hope I become an ele, at least by some majic! Only way to survive the regime. Haha!

JOIN THE AAP, AND VOTE FOR ARVIND KEJRIWAL FOR PM, FOLKS!

'Politicizing' Calamities

Even the media seems to have picked up points from the AAP. Now they are having 'live' Interviews/Debates/Discussions on the AAP style.

+Headlines Today was having one just now. It was on the tragic Double Gang Rape and Murder of the 16 year old in Kolkata, and the subsequent political drama.

The thing that caught my attention were the words: 'politicizing' the incident.

That is True Indeed. For some, like the Parents, Family and the Near and Dear ones of the Deceased Girl, it is Fire in the Belly.

What has Not been talked about enough is the Fear in which the People have to live, where rowdies come and Threaten, Carry off one and Gang Rape, where police takes No action, and rowdies come and repeat their deeds a second time, well, the whole rigmarole. Society is Traumatized.

And politicos want to make mileage of all this. If there are enough People behind the Protest, the Opposition jumps in, organizing things. The ruling party cries 'conspiracy.' Both are trying to sway the masses to vote for 'them.' More votes mean coming to power, and able to take commissions for each and every contract.

We, the People, shall have to Rise and Tell the politicos to Change, to Deliver Every Basic Necessity, Justice, Dignity and Safety, and that, if they do not, they will be thrown out.

One small question to the Indian Police

Dear Indian Police Force, two things are on the News just now. One is the DOUBLE Gang Rape of that 16 year old in Kolkata. It is coming out in the news that she had been Pregnant at the time of her Death. Well, Two Deaths are NO big things for the police force.

We had also heard that the force had refused to Hand Over the Body of the Child to her Parents, and had said that She had tried to Commit Suicide, when it later turns out to have been a Murder.

I am not asking You anything about all this. The Indian Citizen has become USED to such things, to such an extent that We do not expect Anything else from you.

On the news, in a separate incident, was a man who had Killed his own, 10 year old Child, for having Spilled some Oil.

The thing is: you, the police force, took this man about with FACE UNCOVERED. What happened? Forgot to cover his face? you people are (In)famous for protecting the 'dignity' of criminals. The faces of those accused of Gang rape were not shown. The faces of those supposedly 'already' jailed in the case of the 16 year old whom I mentioned before were Not shown.

Just How and Why did you show 'this' man's face?

Some Questions to HEADLINES TODAY

+Headlines Today is pursuing, with Great Gusto indeed, +Arvind Kejriwal having taken some new house(s) in Delhi. The channel has reported that Arvind has taken 2 'bungalows' of 9,000 square feet in central Delhi. And that these are bigger than those allotted to supreme court judges. With all this, the channel is saying, in so many words, that Arvind has gone back on his words of Not accepting govt accommodations, and of living simply.

I am No Architect, and No expert on buildings. But, the 'big' bedrooms they were pointing to were No More than 16 feet on a side. That is Big? The corridors were about 5 feet wide. That is a Big house? The doors were Not More than 5 feet wide. That is Big? I dare to say that I have given 'Outside' limits to the dimensions. It all definitely looked more Submarine than the Titanic.

...The Verandahs and the Courtyards were Well Pointed out. Do the personnel of the HT perform better in houses 'without' airy places and spaces?

...Would the HT have preferred that the CM of Delhi live in some 'corner' of the city, commute to office everyday, losing time, and at risk?

...HT mocked that Arvind had taken 'Official' cars. The two cars that were shown were MUCH smaller than the one shown in Renault's advert. Does the HT grudge a CM the use of such cars? Would the HT really, seriously and Responsibly say that it would prefer Arvind to waste his time by commuting? Does it give guarantees that it, the HT, would not complain of Inaction and Waste of Time?

...Who needs a bigger house? A chief minister or a supreme court judge? Do judges have people 'Constantly' turning up for Consultations and Conferences, whom they might have to accommodate?

Incidentally, I have seen, over the TV of course, our 'president's' house. The +National Geographic had done a good job of showing us that 'small' house. It would seem that the country 'has' to show off. Compared to that, Arvind would be living in what are called 'Out Houses' in the Railway.

AND, dear HT, Please give us the dimensions, in terms of square feet, of the houses of meera kumari, speaker of the lok sabha? And that of some minister (Not of the AAP), who has the Smallest official residence at present? Also give us the details of the Cars used by ministers, and the number of Escorts provided them. ...Thank you very much.

Religion is the Answer!

My Blog carries the words - Love, Joy and Peace. And it would seem that I have written practically Nothing on these subjects!
        It would only 'Seem' so. ALL that I have written all along would contribute to LJP.
        And today I write on Religion, and Call it the Answer to Everything! I hold onto it. And here is How it is So.

FIRST of all, Religion is NOT going to Church/Temple or whatever. Religion is Not merely Worship and Prayers. And being a Good Religious is Definitely Not posting holy sounding things on Facebook, etc!

The word Religion is derived from the latin word: Religare, that is, Relate, and thus, Relationship. Thus, Each one's religion would say just HOW he/she decides to RELATE to: 1. God, 2. Other Human Beings, and 3. The Rest of the Universe.

With regard to GOD, one may decide Not to believe in Him. Sort of Dropping the very idea of God into the Dustbin. Funnily, 'this' becomes this person's religion! Because that is how he is going to relate to the idea of God.
        Some may say that Everything is god, Others, that they themselves are god.
        And some want to relate to Him with Reverence, Respect and Love. 

We are HUMAN BEINGS. So what Religions say about the Appropriate and Correct Behaviour towards Other Human Beings is of the Greatest Interest.
        ALL religions teach Love. Some tell their followers to love only their own kind.
        The Problem is, that while some profess, according to their religion, to love Everybody, they do so only in words. Like the man who said: "I love Everybody! Is not a Black man driving my car? Is not a Mexican my gardener? Is not a Chinese my housemaid?" etc. 

        Or, as Bill Maher put it: Christian values have changed from ‘love-thy-neighbor’ to ‘fck-off-and-die.' (www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-maher-when-did-christian-values-change-from-‘love-thy-neighbor’-to-‘fck-off-and-die’/)

As for the REST OF THE UNIVERSE, there are those who love Animals more than Human Beings(!), those who believe in killing a Whole Whale just for its fin, and those who would fell a whole forest and not plant a single tree in return.

On the other hand, we have Established 'Religions,' like Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, ...the list is very long. Religions essentially derive from what is written in the Sacred Book(s), AND how 'Religious Leaders' interpret them. Religions 'become' what the religious leaders Say!

Today, and for a very long time, Mankind has lived by the principle: 'That is Not MY Wife. Why should I open my mouth?' You Understand what I mean. An Absolute Lack of Concern or Care, in short, Apathy.

And religious leaders, reverenced and revered most probably because of their seeming austerity, have basked in this reverence to such an extent that they have become fat like the politicos!

...In cuba and china, people HAVE to turn up for the political speeches, in the case of the former, sometimes 7 hours long. In India, the political parties make arrangements for travel, arrange food, and give each 'participant' a few hundred bucks. WHEREAS, People Spend good money and Willingly listen to religious leaders!

Being a Christian myself, I can and I should limit myself Only to Christian religious leaders. ...We are given at least 7 years of philosophy and Theology. Christ had Constantly said: "Go and Teach."

But what do I see? I had a priest 'Poking' me in Facebook for a whole 7 months! I have had 'bishops' suddenly surfacing from/in Facebook to say that I am too harsh or something, and then disappearing forever. We have had popes who kissed the ground but did nothing when Youngsters were being Sodomized. We have priests who keep building newer and bigger churches, while People have been 'Leaving' Christianity. We have bishops who have acres of 'Rubber Plantation,' (BIG income, folks), and some who take 10% from all grants from Misereor and Caritas, etc. Social service centres in dioceses take 'their' cuts! And all the while popes speaking in italian, in ways that appeal to Nobody.

If Only Religious Leaders would say to the People Repeatedly and Powerfully:

"Be Concerned, Be Concerned and Active, Be Active in Your Concern for Your Fellow Man,"

Then We shall see that Religion is Really the Answer.

Is a Happy New Year So Easy?

The TV showed fantastic Celebrations of the New Year, in Europe, the Americas, and even China and Japan! ...SOME had started the New Year with Worship and Prayers. For Others, it was celebrations all the way indeed. Lights galore, Billions worth of Fire Crackers, and ...Drinks. Anyway, we must say that the celebrations were a success. :(

Right today, the TVs, +Headlines Today, and +TIMES NOW, were FULL of the Report of a Minor Gang Raped TWICE, doused with kerosene and set on fire. The police force had tried to cremate the Body, and did not want to Hand Over the Young Girl's Body to the Parents.

HAD THIS YOUNG GIRL 'NOT' CELEBRATED NEW YEAR LAST YEAR, PROPERLY? Is this why all this happened to her?

Do Celebrations make the New Year a Happy one? Do Plenty of Wishes make it Happy? WHAT makes a Day a Happy one? What Brings Continued Happiness to Life?

Why Should I give You Answers? I Invite You to Put on Your Thinking Caps.