I gather Indian intellectuals
have manipulated some gravitas for opinions and suggestions on matters related
to national and international concern in the last many decades. They are being
looked upon as benevolent guardians of humanity. The Indian philosophy seems to be posited as
solutions to problems besetting modern world, it is claimed Indians have upper
hand on matters of high morals. And many have snooting their views as the repository
of worldly order, the keys to these mystical world only they are ordained, haughtiness
withstanding. On matters of minorities (ofcourse confined to religion) they
behave as aggressive local guardians, clearly crossing the lines of civilised. That
those claiming the minorities themselves are seriously flawed, regressive, is
pushed under as freedom. That Indians themselves cannot claim to be much civilised
and that diversity is a primitive alliance -pus is mistaken for peace.
There are hundreds of
newspapers in different languages but English had it easy, and in this The Hindu (run by patriarchs Kasturi&Sons)
in particular claims to be high on concerns. It may be true as other bunches
are too crass in their stampede to please the market and earn their daily
meal. Most journalists are joke, indeed most people can do what they are doing in the name of journalism.
The high sounding ‘fourth estate’ ‘pillar of democracy’ does attempt to give
some credibility. And they do take some matters seriously, that is if it doesn’t
rock their boat. It is a known fact that they play second fiddle to big
corporates. The HSBC revelation points to serious nexus of revenue officials
and big money, clearly they have severely degraded institutions. Army officials
become arms dealers, bureaucrats become investment facilitators. We have
amazingly successful lawyer luminaries in the tardiest of legal system that has given
untold misery to common people. The sycophants in political parties
(specifically Congress) don’t have any mass base therefore they cultivate these
to consolidate themselves as they degrade the system for manipulative space. The
moles, the marketeers, manipulators, fixers…have severely undermined democratic
principles (take the con couple ZK and Crude woman on a two day custody and they
will spill the beans on the modus operandi, this template of manipulation is played
at higher level by exploitative corporate). Capitalism in whatever nuanced
intent can only be crony in India, that is the nature of the society, while
communism can be but pretentious posturing.
The high intent of journalists,
that of The Hindu too is limited, as they play within the exploitative framework.
They may take high moral grounds but are tethered to primitive framework. Like almost
all businesses in India they too are beneficiaries of feudal-made-worst by caste cannibalised framework is clear. And that they judiciously accrued these
benefits and multiplied too is clear. The outsider they finally allowed as
editor left in disgust. Recently as machiavellian politicians tried to usurp
the legacy of Ambedkar, Kasthuri&Sons weren’t far behind. They posited themselves
as saviours for the sake of under trodden, their heart constantly bleed for
them is the claim. But let us be clear these people are in for the big ticket
concerns that could be showcased to international audience, and benefits
herein. Even in these their concerns are superficial.
The Hindu has a column dedicated
to religion (meanwhile they also pose as left leaning!), even by the standard of primitive form of squatter’s world they
carry amazingly crude views. It is appalling but Kasthuri &Sons
find nothing amiss, maybe they carry it as redemption for the 'sins' they commit. Take these despicable lines in today’s newspaper. “…Are His avataras real, or are they the result of some
magic on His part? Arjuna is born in a royal family, because he must have done
some good deeds in his previous births to merit this position…Krishna gives
Arjuna answers to all his questions. The Lord’s avataras are real and are not
the result of magic. His avataras are taken because He wants to descend to the
Earth. He does not come because of His past deeds…” blah blah and further crap
of imaginatively clever mind to control herd. Clearly it seems to be primitive interpretation
of Gita -not that everything about this book (one among many hindu holy texts) is enlightening. So Kasturi&Sons maybe showcasing their liberal angle by protesting
against suggestion of Gita as national book, but underneath these scoundrels
have no qualms spreading primitiveness. 
Analyse the sentence that is packaged as part
of god’s (clearly His) views “Arjuna is
born in a royal family, because he must have done some good deeds in his
previous births to merit this position”. Which means Ambedkar must have
done bad deeds to demerit, therefore the sections who brutalised have reasons, meanwhile
perpetrators have no hand, not even our London returned Kasturi&sons. These
scoundrels are only humble (emphasis
that) witness to cosmic play of brutalities. This crudeness is called caste cannibalism,
worse than racism, a twisted understanding that enlightened seers have rejected
outright. Kasthuri&Sons and their primitive forefathers are very much responsible
for caste violence that kill and brutalise common people that one see on daily
basis -but is cleverly manipulated as law&order issue, that has severely handicapped people. These are the people who deviously provide credibility to worst meanwhile humbly stand on the sidelines and parrot peace
(Gandhian if you will), they are also prone to take high moral grandstanding. Hereditary
legacy therefore is part of cosmic play. These, therefore are the people, who
actively scuttled land reforms and inheritance tax, and encouraged nepotism and crony capitalism, made law&order machinery tardy and judiciary lax. They actively kept govt. schools/hospitals inefficient and people in trance of fate. They degraded the society
and brutalised people. Meanwhile very much attuned to royal happenings across
the world, as some kind of barometer of their own humble legacy. You will see their
keenness on matters related to royalties as they negotiate liberal values and
barbaric peace.
Kasthuri&Sons shouldn’t
be allowed to get away, they have been playing for too long. They should be
taken to task (for my part I write these, as also return the newspaper to the
vendor). It is much worse than a white American liberal hiding Klu klux klan
outfit in his closet or a Nazi wear that he wears on special occasion without
ever feeling out of place. It is worse because it cloaked in religious/moral flavour
morning sermons that seeks to further entrap common people and feed on their
miseries. Kasthuri &Sons and their ilk have been feeding for many
centuries now, even choice of modern enlightened thoughts don’t deter shows their
deep entrenched hypocrisy and brutal ways. They shouldn’t be allowed in civilised
circle.
