sardar patel-run for unity

Alright cool….Yes Modi has snatched the Patel legacy from you Congressis but what exactly did you do with the Patel legacy?
 How many times a festival as grand as “Run for Unity” was celebrated by Congress?
 How many welfare schemes were launched in the name of him?
 Have you given Patel the place that he deserves in History?
 Do you think a paragraph or two is enough to capture the man who literally created India out of a thousand warring states?
 Was there a Patel Divas ever before?
 No dear Congressis, Modi hasn’t snatched Patel from you. You dropped Patel from your hands. Your Rajiv-Indira-Nehru-MKGandhi obsession led to the usurping of your so called Legacy.
 Happy Patel Jayanti to all countrymen. He certainly was the best Prime Minister INDIA NEVER HAD!

My discussion with a Muslim lady in train

For TLDRs: My discussion with a Muslim lady in train

I like the side seats in trains the most. You have access to a nice broad-windowed view, the vendors do not have to reach for you, and there is a dedicated luggage space right beneath your seat. The seat can be converted into two nice chairs at any point of time and if you happen to have a nice traveling companion then nothing like it. I saw the girl on the opposite chair of my seat. She had the Side-Top seat and all side-top ones have a free access to the side-lower seats for sitting purpose. It is an established fact. She still courteously sought my permission to continue sitting on “my seat”. I nodded affirmatively. The lady was eerily beautiful. Her phone had an “Azaan” ringtone, she spoke hastily and her pronunciation was impeccable. But what aroused my interest the most was her ‘Burqa’ which was colorful with floral patterns appliqued all over.

I have a condition, I can’t keep quiet for long.

Me: Hi, my name is Atul

She (reluctantly): Huzefa

She continued fiddling with her iPhone. I took out my phone, checked TFI, replied to some comments, and had a good look at the other inmates of the compartment.

Me: Hey! Can I ask you something? I sincerely hope that I don’t end up offending you.

She: Yes?

Me: You are wearing a very different Burqa unlike any that I have ever seen, it isn’t black…it actually is colorful and has colorful patterns all over it. Mind explaining this to me?

She (smiles): Yes I am a Dawoodi Bohra, that’s why.

Me: Oh! Okay…next question. What are Dawoodi Bohras?

She: We are a sect of Shia Islam. A minority in fact. Dawoodi Bohras are known as reformists as they keep bringing social reforms in the society. We are the trading class in Muslims.

Me: Oh! Okay…the Baniyas of Muslims?

She: What’s a Baniya?

Me: Hain? You don’t know about Baniyas? The trading/business class in Hindus…a more civilized way of addressing them would be “Vaishya”

She: Oh! I don’t know much about “You people”

Me: “You people” interesting. What do you do?

She: I just got married so I have taken a break, but I have finished my studies in religion from a world renowned university in Surat.

Me: Nice, so someone with a degree in religion doesn’t understand Hinduism, little weird no?

She: The university study was all about “Our” religion and “Our” sect and not about “you people”

Me: Sounds reasonable. So are you from Delhi?

She: Nope! I am from Mumbai, I completely hate Delhi.

Me: Why do you hate Delhi?

She: Because I don’t have friends here...there aren’t enough people here.

Me: There aren’t enough people in Delhi, wow…that’s fascinating

She: No! By that I meant, there aren’t enough “our people” in Delhi.

Me: Nope! You are mistaken ma’am, there are a lot of Muslims in Delhi

She: No, I am not talking about Muslims, I am talking about “our people” – The Dawoodi Bohras.

Me: I get that, there aren’t enough Shakdwipi Brahmins in Delhi either but then I don’t mind getting social with “other” people, even “your people”

She: Oh! So you are a Brahmin. I know about Brahmins.

Me: That’s nice, so what do you know about Brahmins?

She: Not a lot actually, I only know that Brahmins are the priestly class

Me: Yes! We are the Pooja-Paath Guys

She: Murti Pooja guys

Me: No! You see we worship statues, photos, trees, planets, stars, animals, stones, rivers, mountains even people…we are pretty cool with worshiping almost anything.

She: Islam is strictly against idol worship, idol worship is confining god and objectifying him

Me: Two questions – How do you know that it’s a him and not a her? And second thing, you guys face Mecca while praying right? So that’s also confining your god in one direction, a different way of objectifying, no?

She: No, yeah…ummm…It’s a He and yeah the direction thing is….ummm

Me: Perhaps you should have asked this question when “prohibition of idol worship” was being taught

She: Well! Okay…you are the third or fourth Hindu guy that I am talking to

Me: Leave that, so have you read the Quran?

She: Yeah!...I am in the process of memorizing it verse by verse

Me: Like Zakir Naik?

She: Haha, yeah like him…but he is not actually a scholar

Me: I never called him a scholar. So what do you have to say about Quran and what did you gain from it?

She: It is the greatest gift of life. It is a treasure of knowledge.

Me: Is it beyond time or can it be amended at some point of time?

She: No, never…it is the truest truth…truth has just one version…Truth can’t be revised

Me: Well…I am pretty sure, but I believe everything has loopholes and must be revised. Geeta, Ramayan, Mahabharata, Puraans, Upnishads…nothing is perfect

She: No that’s unthinkable and is blasphemy

Me: Awesome! What is your take on Polygamy?

She: I am cool with it

Me: Would you like if your husband brings other Begums right inside your home

She: I won’t like it

Me: So you don’t like Polygamy?

She: I am cool with it

Me: You belong to a reformist class, mind you

She: I am too religious to be a reformist, I guess

Me: That pretty much ends the discussion. Tea on me.

She smiled, took a spool of white thread out and started weaving a skullcap with intricate patterns. I looked at her and felt happy that she was one of those rare breeds who didn’t get offended while discussing religion in spite of being so deeply religious. I felt sad for her because her reformist soul was completely in control of her religious mind.

Be nice
Don’t abuse
Offenders will be banned

Nice words about BJP in today’s ‘Samna’

Nice words about BJP in today’s ‘Samna’. It inspired me to sketch Shiv Sena’s timeline during Maharashtra Assembly elections 2014:

• We are friends
• We can’t give BJP more seats to fight
• We won’t give BJP more seats to fight
• BJP is bullying us, but we are NOT intimidated by thugs
• BJP and SS are not allies anymore
• BJP is treading the Congress way
• BJP is behaving like the army of Afzal Khan
• BJP couldn’t have won the general elections on its own, Modi kya uska baap bhi nahi jeeta sakta tha
• We are still friends
• We will support BJP if we get all key portfolios and the CM chair
• We will support BJP if we get all key portfolios and the Deputy CM Chair
• We will support BJP if we get all key portfolios
• We will support BJP
• BJP rocks!!

Why do we love a city or town or village?

Why do we love a city or town or village? Some might say Delhi has the best food, or Mumbai the best night life, or the incomparable classical music scene in Madurai, or the intellectual life of Kolkata.

Perhaps.

I say it is our experiences in those places that we digest and that nourish us - a particular café, where you used to hang out with friends. A dhaba where you shared parathas after college. A dam where you had your first cigarette, or your friend's balcony where you first boozed. The restaurant where you first proposed. The theater where you first held hands.

That shady street where you first wanted to buy drugs.

That hovel where you found out the children of prostitutes live their innocent lives, not yet aware of what their mother does to keep their stomachs full, and what the world calls her for it.

The railway station where you left it all behind forever.

The airport after which she never looked back even once on what and whom she left behind.
~~~
A spiritual teacher has said, our lives are not judged in years, but for how much we learnt and experienced and grew - how much we grow in compassion, in dealing with angry people, in being discerning, in fairness, and yes, in our capacity for joy and happiness.

Our lessons are all around us - what did you learn today?

'After all, tomorrow is another day', as Scarlett O'Hara said. Good night, people 

Anupam Kher speaks about Kashmiri Pandits

So when Zee television telecast the program Ummeed-E-Kashmir, they deliberately edited out this speech by Anupam Kher, because he spoke about the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits. He read out an excerpt from 'Our Moon Has Blood Clots' a book by Rahul Pandita about the Kasmiri Pandits' forced exodus from the valley.

You see, because the Kashmiri Pandits do not deserve any UMMEED in Kashmir at all!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFivySsFNc#t=76

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFivySsFNc#t=76http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umFivySsFNc#t=76

happy diwali

डॉक्टर हर्षवर्धन को खुला पत्र===
डॉक्टर साहब नमस्कार,
कल आपका ध्वनि एवं वायू प्रदूषण सम्बंधित एवं "साइलेंट दिवाली" मनाने का ट्वीट पढ़ा , आप जैसे बौद्धिकता से भरपूर व्यक्तित्व से ये उम्मीद नहीं थी की आप बिना कोई तथ्यात्मक शोध के ऐसा बयान देंगें , 
तथ्यों के भी परे आपसे ये उम्मीद भी थी की आप नास्तिक वामपंथियों एवं मिशनरी पोषित छद्म धर्मनिरपेक्ष बुद्दिजीवियों के कुत्सित प्रचार की भी जानकारी रखते होंगे ,पर आपके ट्वीट से ऐसा लगा की आप भी"महान बनने के रोग" से ग्रसित हैं जिस बीमारी में हिन्दू खुद अपने त्योहारों की हंसी उडाता है , अपनेही धर्म के लोगों को अपने अधजल गगरी छाप "ज्ञान" का रौब झाड़कर डपटता है !! 
खैर वो एक मनोवैज्ञानिक विषय है , अभी आपके प्रदूषण संबंधी दावों पर कुछ शोध प्रस्तुत करना चाहता हूँ :-
1. शहरों में साल के बारह महीने 365 दिन 60 से 90 प्रतिशत प्रदूषण कारों और मोटरसाइकलों से निकलने वाले धुंए से होता है , एक सर्वे के मुताबिक अगर बड़ी बड़ी बातें करने वाले ,बड़ी बड़ी कारों में अकेले चलने वाले बड़े बड़े सेक्युलर लोग हफ्ते में एक दिन भी कार का उपयोग ना करें तो ये आंकड़ा 5 से 10 प्रतिशत गिर सकता है,क्या आप ऐसी कोई अपील जनता से करना चाहेंगे ?
2. बड़े बड़े लोगों के घरों में लगे एयर कंडीशनर की CFC / HCFC गैसें किस प्रकार ग्लोबल वार्मिंग को बढ़ावा दे रही हैं उसकी जानकारी होने की अपेक्षा भी आपसे है , ये गैसें CO2जैसी गैसों से 2100 गुना ज्यादा नुकसानदायक हैंप्रकृति के लिए , क्या आप जनता से अपील करना चाहेंगे की गर्मियों में हफ्ते के एक दिन बिना AC के बिताएं और प्रकृति की सेवा करें ?
3 . इस देश की 50 प्रतिशत से ज्यादा ऊर्जा आपूर्ति कोयले के संयंत्रों से होती है जिनसे निकलता धुँआ आस पास के सौ किलोमीटर में रहने वाले लोगों के लिए मौत से भी बदतर होता है , क्या आप लोगों से बिजली का उपयोग कम से कम करने की अपील करना चाहेंगे , क्या आप दूसरे स्वस्थ एवं स्वच्छ ऊर्जा के स्रोतों के लिए अभियान छेड़ना चाहेंगे ?
4. संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ की एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक ग्लोबल वार्मिंग , वायु एवं जल प्रदूषण का एक सबसे बड़ा कारण मीट व्यापार है , एक सर्वे के मुताबिक 1 किलो मांस बनाने की प्रक्रिया मेंजितनी मीथेन और CO2 निकलती हैं उतनी करीबन 17 किलोमीटर कार चलाने के बाद निकलती हैं ,कुछ कहना चाहेंगे ?
5. कत्लखानों से निकलने वाला सैकड़ों गैलन कई बीमारियां लिया हुआ प्रदूषित पानी रोज़ नदियों मेंजाकर मिलता है , कभी कुछ कहा आपने ?
6 . इसी यूएन रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक पूरे विश्व का मीट व्यापार 18 प्रतिशत ग्रीन हाउस गैंसों केलिए जिम्मेदार बताया गया है ,जो की कार से निकलती गैसों से 40 प्रतिशत ज्यादा है ,
स्थिति इतनी भयावह है की नोबेल पुरस्कार विजेता डॉक्टर राजेंद्र पचौरी के मुताबिक ये आंकड़े भी सबसे कमतर आंकें गए हैं , कुछ कहना चाहेंगे ?
7 . अमेरिका में हाल ही में एक मुहीम चलायी गयी है जिसमे कहा जाता हैकी यदि आप ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के खिलाफ सहयोग करना चाहते हैं तो शाकाहारी बनिए , क्या आप भी ऐसा कुछ कहना चाहेंगे ?==
अजी छोड़िये आप क्या कहेंगे , अभी बकरीद निकली,हज़ारों लाखों गायों को काटा गया,आपने कुछ नहीं कहा , अभी नया साल आएगा जब पूरा विश्व फटाखे फोड़ेगा तब भी आप कुछ नहीं कहेंगे , पर सामान्य मध्यम वर्गीय हिन्दुओंके त्योहारों और उनकी छोटी छोटी खुशियों पर टीका टिप्पणी करना आप जैसे बुद्धिजीवी लोगों को बहुत "कूल" महसूस होता है !!
आपको बताता चलूँ की दिवाली के दिन जलाये जाने वाले फटाखे ऊपर लिखे किसी भी प्रदूषणकारक मेंनहीं आते हैं , वो भी साल में एक बार,वो भी दो या तीन घंटे के लिए ? हिन्दुओं ने कुछ ज्यादा मांग लिया क्या डॉक्टर साहब ?
आपका एक शुभचिंतक

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Maharashtra elections Veergatha – The Forgotten Warriors

Veergatha – The Forgotten Warriors | Tanaji Malusare

The aged queen mother looked out of the window of her Mahal on Rajgad. Her white sari billowed in the wind, as she fixed her gaze at the Kondhana fort towering in the distance. Even at this distance, she could make out the faint outline of the green flag of the Mughals fluttering atop the fort.

Kondhana was a searing pain in Jijabai’s heart.

The saffron flag that had once fluttered atop the Kondhana had shone like the holy vermilion mark on the broad forehead of the Sahyadri mountain range, but now, Kondhana was no longer a part of the Swarajya. It had been ceded to the Mughals under the treaty of Purandar in 1665. Shivaji was forced to go to Agra where there had been a conspiracy to kill him by Aurangzeb.

Shivaji had managed to escape miraculously and had come back to Rajgad safe and sound. It has been a long and arduous battle since then to recover the lost forts from the Mughals. Kondhana, however, continued to elude the Marathas. The Mughals had stationed Udaybhan Rathod, a Rajput and one of their bravest commanders as the Killedar of Kondhana. Udaybhan controlled the fort with a company of almost 5000 men, many of them battle-hardened Rajputs. Jijabai knew that taking back Kondhana seemed more like an impossible dream under the circumstances. She sighed audibly.

Her son, who had walked into the room at that precise moment, followed her gaze and realised what was going on in her mind. As Shivaji Maharaj touched Jijabai’s feet, he said, ‘Masaheb, we know what ails you. The Mughali Nishan fluttering atop Kondhana troubles our heart too’.
‘Shivba, Kondhana is the pride of Swarajya. We have to wrest it back from the Mughals.’

Just then, Tanaji Malusare, Shivaji’s childhood friend and one of his most able commanders, who had accompanied Maharaj, touched Jijabai’s feet. She whispered her blessings. Tanaji was like a son to her.

‘Masaheb, give me Kondhana I will get it back in Swarajya’, Tanaji said, his rough, muscular hands touching Jijabai’s feet.

‘Tana, it is a tough mission child. I cannot let you go, not now. Not when your son Rayba is about to get married’, Jijabai replied.

‘No Masaheb, first, the marriage of Kondhana, the marriage of Rayba can wait’, Tanaji’s uncle Shelarmama said, his eyes shining with the light of battle.

Shivaji and Jijabai tried their best to dissuade Tanaji, but he was determined to wrest Kondhana back from the Mughals. His brother Suryaji and his uncle Shelarmama also backed him. Shivaji had no option but to hand Tanaji the auspicious veeda (betel leaf) for the mission.
He set off with an army of 500 Mavale soldiers at night and camped at the village of Donaje, at the base of Kondhana. Next day, in the evening, he sent scouts to find out about the fort. Kondhana was a strongly fortified, heavily guarded fort. The ramparts were regularly patrolled and each turret was guarded by a cannon. Only one side of the fort was left relatively unguarded. It bordered a sheer, smooth, vertical cliff called Donagiri. Only eagles dared to approach Donagiri.

Tanaji realised that his only hope to breach the fort was to climb the Donagiri cliff, but it was easier said than done. The cliff was a smooth rock-face and there were virtually no footholds for any man to climb, however able footed he may be.

Legend has it that Tanaji used his trained monitor lizard, Yashwanti to rope the cliff. A sturdy rope was coiled around Yashwanti’s waist and it was ordered to climb the cliff. Apparently, the creature refused to climb the cliff, not just once, but twice, probably sensing some impending disaster. Tanaji is said to have threatened to cut and eat the lizard, before it climbed up and held on to a rock with a deathly grip.

Tanaji then climbed up the cliff with a few chosen Mavala soldiers, each one of them carrying a coil of rope tied to their waist. They climbed up on a clear, dark, new moon night on the 2nd of February 1670. Once they reached the top, they fixed the ropes to the cliff so that the remaining soldiers could also climb up. Scarcely before 300 men had reached the top, their arrival was detected by the Mughal guards. The sentries were slain, but not before they had raised an alarm. Half of Tanaji’s men were still stranded at the base of the fort. The men who had reached the top were hopelessly outnumbered. But Tanaji had already made up his mind. He ordered his troops to charge. There was a deadly fight. The keeper of the fort, Udaybhan Rathod engaged Tanaji in a one-to-one combat. Both men were evenly matched in both physical prowess and sheer skill, but the odds were stacked heavily against Tanaji. The long march from Rajgad and the arduous climb to the fort had sapped Tanaji’s strength.

It was a long and fierce battle. Both men fought to kill. At one point, Tanaji lost his shield with a fierce blow of Udaybhan’s sword. His hand was injured. Undaunted, he tied his hand by unravelling his turban and continued to fight. Both men were drenched with blood, as they inflicted wounds on one another. Finally, both slashed each other with the sword, using all the strength they had. Both fell at the same time.

Seeing their commander fall, the Marathas lost heart, outnumbered as they were almost one to ten by the Mughals. Scared, they ran from the battle field towards the roped cliff. Tanaji’s brother realised that. He outran the retreating Marathas to the cliff and with one swift stroke of his sword, cut off all the ropes.

‘Where are you running, you cowards?’ He roared. ‘Your father is lying dead there. I have cut off all the ropes. Fight or perish.’ Suryaji thundered, even as tears streamed from his eyes at the sight of the fallen Tanaji.

The retreating Marathas turned and fought with fresh vigour, led by Suryaji and Shelarmama. It was now a do or die battle for them. In the fierce battle that ensued, the entire Mughal garrison was routed. Several Mughal soldiers flung themselves over the cliff in order to escape the Marathas. Kondhana was won just as dawn was breaking.

It was a magnificent victory for the Marathas. They had won against great odds, but there was no joy in the camp. The victory had come at too heavy a price. Suryaji’s men lit fire to a giant stack of hay, a signal to Shivaji Maharaj and Jijabai, who had lain awake the whole night at Rajgad awaiting the signal.

Shivaji Maharaj rode to Kondhana immediately. He carried the sacred saffron flag, the symbol of Swarajya. ‘Tanaji will hoist this flag on Kondhana, Masaheb’, Shivaji had said before he set off.

However, when Shivaji Maharaj reached Kondhana, he was greeted with the tragic sight of a fallen Tanaji and a weeping Suryaji. Shivaji Maharaj uncovered Tanaji’s face with trembling hands, his eyes brimming with unshed tears.

‘Tana, what have you done, my dearest friend?’ cried the noble king, ‘Gad ala pan majha Sinha gela’, he remarked, shaking his head in despair. (‘We have won the fort, I have lost my lion’)

Tanaji Malusare belonged to a small village called Paar near Mahabaleshwar. He was one of Shivaji Maharaj’s oldest companions. He had led several successful campaigns for Shivaji Maharaj before the battle of Sinhagad.

Kondhana was renamed Sinhagad in the memory of the brave Tanaji Malusare. Sinhagad continues to dominate the cityscape of Pune even today, a silent witness to the unmatched valour and loyalty of Subhedar Tanaji Malusare.

Even today, Tanaji’s story continues the stir the hearts and minds of the people of India.

Meanwhile in indian states on vote counting

Meanwhile in Delhi, Congressis are shouting

"Priyanka Laao, Congress bachaao"

Puraana sher yaad aa gaya

Maiyya ab rahti beemar
Bhaiyya par bhi badh gaya bhaar
Bitiya tum hi karo prachaar

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नितीश - अभी भी हवा नहीं है, बनायीं जा रही है

जीतनराम मांझी - हीहीही, नितीश जी अभियो डिनायले मोड में हैं का मर्दे, ऊही हवा में आपका कुर्सिया उड़िया गया था, हम कैच कर के बैठ गए

No! As a BJP fan, I am happy that BJP is going to form government in Haryana but the fact that Yogendra “Salim” Yadav is not going to be the CM of Haryana pains my heart friends, pains my heart.

Happy birthday Sunny Deol

I crushed the Pakistani team in an Online Age of Empires match and I said:

“Humara Hindustan zindabad tha, zindabad hai, aur zindabad rahega!”

The registrar of my college said that I won’t be getting the degree in time and I said:

“Ek kagaz par mohar nahi lagegi ... toh kya Mishra BTech nahi pass kar paayega”

When I confronted the eve-teaser, he threatened to beat me, this one magically came on my lips:

“In haathon ne sirf hathyaar chode hai ... chalana nahi bhoole”

When Sajjan Kumar was declared innocent, I quoted this:

“Tarkih par tarikh, tarkih par tarikh, tarkih par tarikh, tarkih par tarikh milti rahi hai ... lekin insaaf nahin mila my lord, insaaf nahin mila ... mili hai toh sirf yeh tarikh”

When a subordinate at office asked for a leave citing personal problems, I said:

“Zindagi ka doosra naam problem hai”

When a follower gets abusive on the page:

“Chilaaoo mut ... nahin toh yeh case yahin rafa dafa kar doonga ... nah tarikh nah sunwaiee, seedha insaaf woh bhi taabartod”

This man has gives us some of the most memorable quotes of all times. Truly Angry and the biggest icon of Machismo in Bollywood and not to forget his “Dhaai kilo ka haath”

Sunny Deol (born Ajay Singh Deol, 19 October 1956) born to veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra older brother of actor Bobby Deol is an Indian film actor, director and producer. During the duration of his career, he has won 2 Filmfare Awards, as well as 2 National Film Awards.

EVERY OTHER MAN ON THE PLANET IS NOT A RAPIST

I saw a video directed by Vikas Bahl(Queen Fame). The video shows Alia Bhatt trapped on an abandoned road in the night after her car breaks down, Just then five guys in an SUV appear on the scene.

The guys lecherously check out Alia, but they end up helping her. The video is titled 'Going Home', in which the director VISUALIZES A ****UTOPIA**** for women, WHERE MEN ACTUALLY HELP WOMEN AND NOT RAPE HER. The entire gang of boys keep staring at Alia’s body while helping her. 

And that’s where the video fails. It makes us the aggressor again though with a “hat ke” ending of course. The word "utopia" adds insult to the injury.

I watched the video with a lot of hope but never mind, allow me to “nikaalo” my “bhadaas”

Dear Ladies,

Yes! Hear this loud and clear:

• EVERY OTHER MAN ON THE PLANET IS NOT A RAPIST
• Not everyone disrespects women
• Yes we have lady friends
• We aren’t looking for sex all the time
• Many of us fight eve teasers (I have done it a dozen times at least and I know of a dozen more)
• The look we pass is not always lustful, learn to appreciate an appreciative glance
• We don’t say yes to every girl who expresses interest in us
• Not all of us beat our wives
• Many of us are the victims of domestic violence
• Yes mutual breakups do lead into fake rape charges that screw us for the rest of our lives
• Yes we have been the victims of fake dowry cases
• Not all of us are bullies
• We know how to share the planet with you
• Your pseudo-feminism irks us

PLEASE DON’T JUDGE US!

Thanks,
Men

“The NDA’s approach on Black Money is doggedly persistent - Not Adventurist”

I am a little surprised by some of the headlines in today’s newspapers which state that the NDA Government has done a U turn on the issue of black money stacked up in Swiss bank accounts. Nothing can be farther from the truth.

Let me begin by saying that the NDA Government WILL NOT withhold any information, including names of account holders who have stashed black money abroad, from the public; but the names will be revealed after following the due process of completing investigations and reaching conclusions about quantum of unaccounted money. After doing so, all the information including the names of account holders will become public when quoted in court proceedings arising from complaints to be filed by the Income Tax Department against tax offenders. Any premature and out of court disclosure of the names of account holders would not only vitiate the investigations but will enable such account holders to get away with their offences. It will also violate India’s Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) with other countries and will choke receipt of all further information from those countries.

The NDA Government took over in the last week of May, 2014. For 3 years, the UPA Government has been refusing to appoint the SIT directed by the Supreme Court. At the first very Cabinet Meeting, Shri Narendra Modi Cabinet decided to appoint the SIT. The SIT has been effectively functioning since then.

On October 15, 2014, a team of officials led by Revenue Secretary and comprising of Chairman, CBDT has signed a Joint Statement with the appropriate authorities in Switzerland with regard to investigation into black money stacked in Swiss banks. The four important aspects of that agreement are:

(i) With regard to the list available with India of account holders in the HSBC, where Indian tax authorities have conducted independent investigations, the Swiss would provide India with details upon our furnishing of adequate evidence in this regard.

(ii) Whenever India has some information/ documentary evidence, the Swiss would confirm the authenticity or otherwise of that evidence.

(iii) This would be done in a time bound manner.

(iv) Discussion would now start on a bilateral agreement on automatic exchange of information in the banking system. If this bilateral arrangement is arrived at, it will be an important milestone in detection of black money held by Indians in the Swiss banks.

Independent of the above, the Supreme Court of India in the “Black Money Case” had directed the Government of India to furnish the names to the petitioner which have been given by Germany to India. These names were given to the petitioner who made them public. The Germans strongly objected to this as a violation of the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) which was entered between Government of India and Germany on 19th June, 1995. The present NDA Government has unfortunately inherited the legacy of that DTAA. We may have negotiated a better deal. If we scrap the treaty, we get no further information. The covenant to the treaty is that the names of the account holders and information received thereunder will only be disclosed when charges are filed in court. They obviously cannot be utilized for political propaganda or for political mileage.

The choice before the NDA Government is clear; violate the Treaty and get no names in future or abide by the Treaty, collect evidence, file charges in courts and let the names become public so that the account holders can be named and shamed. One act of adventurism of violating the treaty and discussing the name could perhaps jeopardise future cooperation from the reciprocating state.

All that the Government has requested the Supreme Court is to clarify that it has not prohibited the Government of India to enter into Treaties with countries wherein a commitment may be made by the Government to maintain confidentiality of information received as per international standards. If such a commitment to maintain the confidentiality is not given we will not receive any information about Indians hiding their money in other countries including offshore financial centres and tax heavens. Thus the clarification sought from the Supreme Court is only to facilitate collection of information about illegal money stashed abroad.

Nobody has ever suggested that the names should not be made public. They should be made public in accordance with the existing due process of law. If that process is violated, you will never get to know the names in future. The NDA Government stands committed to detect the names, prosecuting the guilty and making them public. We are not going to be pushed into an act of adventurism where we violate the treaties and then plead that we are no longer able to get the cooperation of reciprocating states. Such an approach may actually help the account holders. Adventurism will be short-sighted. A mature approach will take us to the root of the matter.

- Shared from Arun Jaitley's page.

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Malala Yousafzai

Tucked away in a corner of a modest neighbourhood in the Pakistani capital is the government-run Islamabad Model School for Girls. In between rows of small redbrick houses where government employees live, it is distinguished only by a peeling blue sign that arcs over its gates.

When Malala Yousafzai was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year, girls at the school had followed the lead-up to the announcement anxiously. Like Malala, many of them are ambitious teenage girls who want to go on to lengthy careers as doctors, engineers and psychologists. "We're not going to stop working after we get married like some women do," Sharmeen Farooq, 14, stressed.

They keenly followed Malala's progress. "When we saw Malala, we were very happy," Wajiha Batool told me. "She's a source of pride for us." Her admiration began with Malala's defiance of the Taliban. "She was so brave," said Wajiha, who is just two years younger than Malala. "She became a wall in front of terrorism."

For them, Malala's plight was not an isolated incident. "There are thousands like her," Azka Yamin, who is also 14, told me. One of Azka's friends, from a tribal area near the Afghan border was being denied the chance of an education by her family. "When I heard her brother say, 'what are you going to do with education?' I wanted to slap him!"

When Malala became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize last week, however, much of the attention fastened on to her long-standing critics in Pakistan. Notoriously, a journalist falsely claiming to be the editor of a national newspaper told the BBC that Malala was "a normal, useless girl".

There was no dearth of voices wildly alleging that Malala had never been shot, despite the Taliban's eager claims of responsibility and the fact that Pakistan's army recently arrested her attackers. Others said that there were worthier recipients, like drone victims, or the celebrated Pakistani humanitarian, Abdul Sattar Edhi.

Pakistanis have grown so accustomed to hearing bad news that they have trouble reconciling themselves to a positive development, Afiya Shehrbano Zia, the noted scholar and activist, wrote. "If this news is about or made by a woman, you can bet there's going to be a backlash."

No Pakistani woman who has achieved global prominence has been spared such attacks, whether it was the Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the human-rights campaigner Asma Jahangir, or Oscar-winning film-maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. The misogyny often mingles with a virulent form of religiously inspired nationalism.

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With levels of anti-Americanism cresting high, those embraced by the West are spurned. The opposite applies, too. When Aafia Siddiqui, the scientist accused of terrorist links, was arrested and transported to the US, many Pakistanis proudly declared her a "daughter of the nation".

Not all Pakistanis think this way, of course. A Pew poll earlier this year found that only a fifth of the country has an unfavourable view of Malala. Half the population was indifferent, while 30 per cent supported her. The most vocal critics are among the urban middle classes, who have never had a problem going to school or sending their children there.

What has been obscured, almost to vanishing point, is the fact that most Pakistani children don't enjoy such opportunities. Education is a right enshrined in Pakistan's constitution, but even the most basic form of schooling has, for decades, been denied to vast swathes of the population.

The girls at the Islamabad Model School are the lucky ones, studying at one of the largest and best-funded government schools in the country. Elsewhere, there are 25 million Pakistani children currently out of school and 61 per cent of them are girls. Looking at the statistics, Malala was defying remarkable odds even before she survived the Taliban's assassination attempt.

most Indians don't use toilet paper after they poop; they just wash it directly with their hands. Why do they do that?

Question on Quora: I have heard that most Indians don't use toilet paper after they poop; they just wash it directly with their hands. Why do they do that?

An answer by Quora user Vikas Vimal:

You heard correct.

And got the wrong idea.

You see, Europeans didn't exactly have easy access to water. So they improvised. It's logical. You don't want poop on your hands, and the water is so cold, you just wipe it off with something and run back to the battle.

However, Indians were slightly more civilised. We actually had flush toilets way back like 4000 years ago. We had plenty of water, and food, and women, so we didn't fight like the rest of the Europeans. (That goes for their descendants too; looking at you US of A.)

To cut the long story short, we used to wash the rear with water and 'bare' hands. Then we washed that hand with water, scrubbed it with leftover ash from cooking last night's dinner and went on with our work.

Yeah ash works too. Maybe just a bit less than actual soap but we didn't invent soap. No contest there.

And I have used toilet paper when washing the rear wasn't an option. Way too much effort and you aren't sure if you are getting all of it in that manner.

Cold water sucks though!! Cold toilet seat sucks more....

Hands give feedback through a set of neurons, you know. That tells us if the rear is relatively clean. Then use soap to get your hands as clean as you want.

Also, Indians are trained to keep nails short. So, that fits pretty well in the overall scheme of things.

Plus we use LEFT hand for any work below the belt and only RIGHT hand for eating and writing. ALWAYS. Pretty neat, huh!

Also, we don't use that chair like toilet seats. We use the one that looks like a hole in the floor. It forces you to squat and exercise your prostrate. Results in fast defecation, less chances of prostrate cancer, less risk of communicable diseases and strong knees.

I actually had trouble squatting after an year abroad. Hated that.

We get to save paper and walk around with a much cleaner ass crack for the rest of the day and sometimes, for the night.... 

We used to rock back then, didn't we? Then the stupid Englishmen came here and took away our koh-i-noor, kamasutra, yoga, zero, plastic surgery, spices, rockets. The list is endless.
And then they left us debating over if washing the rear is good or wiping it with paper.

Okay, if we find any Indian (applies to all of the religions in India) NOT following any of the rules set above (like usage of water for the rear, right sets of hands for the job, short nails, usage of soap or ash before leaving the restroom and the like), we remind him of his obligation to the ancient culture and tradition of India. Or totally disregard him as an exception to the rule.

If you happen to observe any such activity by an Indian, feel free to remind him of that.

Jai Hind!

(____^---this 'Hind' is pronounced a bit differently from the English word 'hind' and has a totally unrelated meaning.)

Bihar CM Jeetan Ram Manjhi warns: Will chop off hands of doctors if they neglect poor

Raghu Ram once said “Respect women you MOTHERFU**ER

Today Jitan Ram (Manjhi) said “Hey Doctors don’t neglect poor patients or I’ll chop off your hands”

Jitan Ram is the Raghu Ram of politics

 Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi on Friday said that he will “chop off hands” of doctors if there was “any negligence in treatment of the poor”. He was addressing a public gathering at Motihari, district headquarters of East Champaran.

Manjhi, who recently courted controversy for his off-the-cuff statements, seemed to be at it again when he targeted government doctors for their “apathetic and lackadaisical” attitude at government hospitals, including the premier Patna Medical College and Hospital whose medical superintendent was suspended and three doctors were transferred for negligence of duty in treatment of those injured in the Gandhi Maidan stampede incident.

“Education and health are essential needs of everyone. When a Dalit falls ill, he first goes to sorcerer and later to a government hospital where he faces a lot of problems. You just saw how I pulled them (doctors) up for being negligent towards treatment of the poor”.

- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/will-chop-off-hands-of-doctors-if-they-neglect-poor-manjhi/#sthash.qmWFt8YJ.dpufust be feeling like Ranvijay “Perennially stunned”

The CM added: “Agar garibon ke ilaaj ke saath khilwaad hua, main haath kaat dunga. Jeetan par koi sitam ho… log kehte hai main budhoo hoon (If there is any negligence in treatment of the poor, I will chop off their (doctors) hands. I am ready for any punishment (for sake of the poor). People call me a fool)”. Manjhi also referred to the drug purchase scam in which several officers had come under scanner. “You have seen how the government has come down hard on people involved in drug scam,” said the CM, whose controversial statements in the past have left the grand alliance embarrassed. Manjhi had recently suggested raising the age for marriage to 25 years for both boys and girls to “deal with problems with child malnutrition”. He had also invited sharp political reactions after alleging that a temple in Madhubani was cleaned after his visit during Assembly bypoll. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/will-chop-off-hands-of-doctors-if-they-neglect-poor-manjhi/#sthash.qmWFt8YJ.dpuf

Kabaddi World Cup champions go home by auto rickshaw

I KNOW NOBODY WILL SHARE It BECAUSE EVERYONE WANT TO SEE CRICKET & sachin ONLY...  IF YOU THINK 1% ABOUT OTHER GAMES THEN PLZ SHARE UNTIL IT REACHES INBOX OF SPORTS MINISTER  Kabaddi World Cup champions go home by auto rickshaw :: Hours after they won the World Cup with a Great victory over Iran, Indian women Kabaddi players were seen on the streets waiting for auto rickshaw to reach home. The players who made the country proud on Sunday were badly treated by their team management. The players were not provided conveyance to reach their home. Moreover, the game officials didn’t even pay the hotel bills on time leading to the embarrassment of the players. While checking out, the players were stopped by the hotel staff

for non payment of their food bills.  Inspring Young India

NDTV चैनल और चिदंबरम

NDTV मनी लांड्रिंग केस मेंसीबीआई जांच के लिए पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश आर सी लाहोती समेत कइयों ने नरेंद्र मोदी को पत्र लिखा है 
पूरा मामला ये है कि 
पूर्व वित्तमंत्री और कान्ग्रेस नेता चिदंबरम ने अपने कई हजार करोड़ रुपये की ब्लैकमनी NDTV न्यूज चैनल में निवेश कर ह्वाइट कर लिया.
इस NDTV चैनल ने विदेश में अपना एक न्यूज चैनल लांच करके इस धन को खपाया.
भारत के कई इनकम टैक्स अधिकारियों ने NDTV चैनल और चिदंबरम के प्रभाव में हजारों करोड़ रुपये के ट्रांजैक्शन पर परदा डाल दिया और इसे वैध करार दिया था।
पर जब इस पर नजर कुछ अन्य आईआरएस अफसरों की पड़ी तो इन्होंने NDTV चैनल से हजारों करोड़ रुपये आने के स्रोत के बारे में विस्तार से जानकारी मांगी.
पर NDTV इसे देने से आनाकानी करता रहा ....
कहा जा रहा है कि धन के स्रोतकी जानकारी देते ही चिदंबरम और कई कान्ग्रेसी नेताओं की जानकारी बाहर आ जाएगी और सबको पता चल जाएगा कि ये रकम भारत में टेलीकाम कंपनियों को फेवर देने और अन्य तरह की दलाली-करप्शन के जरिए एकत्रित किया गया है. एक आईआरएस अफसर एसके श्रीवास्तव इस मसले की तह तक जाने का प्रयास कर रहे थे,उन्हें कई तरह के आरोपों में फंसाकर लगभग कार्यमुक्त सा कर दिया गया था.
एसके श्रीवास्तव को दिमागी तौर पर गड़बड़ यानि पागल भी करार दिया जा चुका था.
NDTV चैनल और चिदंबरम का फेवर करने वाले कुछ आईआरएस अफसरों ने बदले की भावना के तहत घोटाले को उजागर करने वाले आईआरएस अफसर एसके श्रीवास्तव पर कई तरह के आरोप भी जड़ दिए थे.
लेकिन अब आईआरएस अधिकारी एसके श्रीवास्तव जो जंग एनडीटीवी और चिदंबरम के काले गठजोड़ के खिलाफ लड़ रहे हैं, उसे समर्थन देने वालों में अब एस. गुरुमूर्ति , पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश आर सी लाहोटी भी साथ आ गये हैं।

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Why violence on language basis ? where is Unity in Diversity now?

Bhopal has a large population of PSU employees - State Bank, ONGC, BHEL and Reserve Bank are just four that pop to my mind right now. They keep getting transfered, all in a Nehruvian spirit of national integration (how dividing states along linguistic lines is in favor of national integration is something that my communal mind refuses to understand). Growing up in Bhopal, I remember we had many students at school whose native language was not Hindi but other languages, such as Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi and Marathi. To my ears, their Hindi sounded funny, but it never really mattered beyond that initial strangeness.

It was much later that I realized Hindi is not our national language, and that language politics has been dividing our nation since forever. It reared its ugly head once again today.

A student from Manipur was bashed up badly in Bangalore by a group of three men for not being able to speak in Kannada - 'This is not China - if you eat Karanataka's food, you must speak Kannada'. The man survived, but the incident left a bitter taste in my mouth, and not just because I also live in Bangalore without knowing the smallest amount of the language.

I wonder why natives feel everyone must learn and appreciate their language - having lived across seven cities in five distinct language groups (Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and now Kannada), I would be the first person to concede that though all these languages might be beautiful, I just do not have the time and energy to learn them after putting in more than twelve hours a day at work, and especially if I am not even certain how long I will live in that state. Does that mean I disrespect that language or that culture? Not at all - why is that hard to understand?

Having said that, I must state the obvious -
1. We condemn this incident of linguistic chauvinism and xenophobia
2. These three men do not represent the entire state - I am sure many Kannadigas don't feel the same way
3. Each language has its own beauty and charm
4. We must not force others to learn any language
5. Being a citizen of India, all of us have the right to work and live anywhere in the nation (yes, J&K and North East are an exception) without having to know the language of that state
6. Wherever we live, it makes our lives easier to learn the native language
7. The North East also witnesses terrible racism against mainlanders - it just does not get reported as widely.

Rajnath Singh's message to CHINA

*Long Post Alert, Meant for serious readers and the non serious ones who wish to turn into serious readers**

China should sit with us to solve the border issue, no one can warn India:

- Rajnath Singh’s message to China over the Arunachal Pradesh Road plan

So India seems to have develop a voice and an attitude.

And then we had Mr. A K Antony who once famously said that he is poor as a church mouse and a very harmless politician. Got reminded of my own article “Defense Minister that India doesn't need” that I wrote after the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy.

From the archives:

UPA-II is a team full of miraculous people. There are allies that don’t agree with each other apart from some mutually agreed agendas like pseudo secularism and fake socialism. None of the ministers seem to do full justice to the berths they occupy. They keep coming up with absurd rants. And they are all headed by a tight-lipped erudite angelic economist who has taken an oath of not speaking a word. There is one hidden gem who I think should be covered in full details tonight. This man hides under the coverlet of “honesty” and calls himself a poor person solely dedicated to the welfare of the nation.

If you think this is an overture to a funny article, you are quite clearly mistaken because the man I am going to discuss is Shri A.K Antony, The defense minister of India. Shri A.K Antony in my honest opinion is one of the weakest defense ministers India ever had. Another one that I can recall is legendary Mr. V.K Krishna Menon who in his time shut down many artillery factories across the country and established coffee shops and crockery factories in place of them. Mr. Antony has been the longest serving defense minister of India. And here are some of his achievements:

1. Pakistani aggression on Line of Control – 5 Indian soldiers were killed and before anyone could have batted an eyelid, Mr. Antony claimed that “20 heavily-armed terrorists dressed in Pakistan army uniforms killed our soldiers”. When he was criticized by media and was ridiculed on Social media, he changed his statement to “Specialist troop of Pakistan did the ghastly attack”
2. Chinese Incursions - Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops encroached 19 km into Indian Territory across the line of actual control (LAC) on April 15. They went ahead and set up tents in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector. Everyone expected the defense minister to come up with some warnings or even an advice to the Chinese, he chose to follow the Prime Minister’s policy (silence on important matters) instead. Chinese stayed there for three weeks and then moved away. He was the first one to celebrate the victory of diplomacy though.
3. General V K Singh – Gen V K Singh targeted Antony and his people in corruption cases. Antony’s ministry came up with some records that suggested that Singh was born in 1950. However, Gen VK Singh matriculation certificate suggested that he was born on 10 May 1951. The tussle turned ugly, reached no amicable solution and Singh was denied a graceful exit.
4. Agusta helicopter deal- There was a deal of 12 Agusta Westland-101 helicopters for a price of Rs 4,600 crore. An Italian investigation found out that bribes amounting to Rs. 427 Crore could have been paid to middlemen. It beats my logic completely, how can such a massive scam happen without the Defense Minister being notified?
5. Tatra Army truck – General V K Singh claimed that he was offered a bribe of 14 Crore to approve the deal. He notified Antony and Antony did nothing. Why? No ideas.
6. IAF Aircraft accidents -over 100 accidents in the Indian Air Force took place in his tenure. Was he held accountable? No
7. Imaginary Military Coup - Maj. Gen. (Retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri said that there is no trust between the defense ministry and defense services. He agreed when Khanduri came up with this statement but he ‘intelligently’ fantasized about an imaginary Military coup. Why? No ideas again.
8. INS Sindhuratna – A naval mishap took place which claimed the lives of two officers. He again wasn’t held accountable.
9. Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi – The Sindhuratna episode saw the exit of DK Joshi, he again stayed away from taking any moral responsibilities.

So we see how Antony Sahab plays the honesty card to suit his needs. His reign saw incursions, attacks, cease fire violations, scams, exit of military chiefs and deaths of officers but he was never held accountable. He never showed an iota of guilt or compassion. I would like to blame BJP here for playing a very weak opposition in his case. A strong opposition could have choke slammed a very obvious offender like Antony in any of the aforementioned cases. He has evaded the criticism of people for long. Not anymore!
With inputs from a Firstpost and a Hindu article