Monday, March 14, 2016

This is changing everything

The global surface temperatures across land and ocean in February were 1.35C warmer than the average temperature for the month, smashing previous monthly records by an unprecedented amount, according to Nasa data, sparking warnings of a climate emergency.

Monday, March 07, 2016

Only purifying contexts, no Right or Left or Whatever



There is a consistent attempt to see the events from the spectrum of Rightist or Leftist ways, and this persistence by the leftist groups. A clever attempt to get into the position of right wing adversary hence aspire for benefits. They are even able to muster international names to embolden their dubious claims, it is an effort at conscience building we are made to understand. Common people know these chicanery, it is expected that these international conscience mercenaries should atleast show minimum understanding of the context of this society. In these divisive melee, where ideologies make least of sense, the constant strive is to differentiate hence obfuscate the realities and tribulations of common people for bigger agenda. Conscience mercenaries like Chomsky shows these extreme tendencies wherein people become pawns, and are expected to sacrifice for bigger and brighter nether. Well Indian leftist don’t measure up to it, these are small time elitist manipulators (except some in Kerala) with dexterity of tongue, and in the Indian context the only groups that really are sensitive can but become violent to face the machiavellian leaders and ruthless State force. The Naxals are probably the one who understand the brutal nature of social reality, the uniquely primitive world that Indians inhabit, and the State nexus with exploitative corporate to uproot the marginalised for their gargantuan greed in the name of national development. Statistics will confirm that while diggers became billionaires (even settling abroad, all for nationalistic cause surely) people rot lacking even basic amenity. Gandhian market media with a sickular vocal cord are known to be on the chaipani list of these earth mowing misery spreading billionaires. Indian security force personnel who get killed in Naxal areas are martyrs of the gross mistakes of insular people at the helm of affair, and they are the same unfortunate section that always braves the brunt of violent realities, whether at the border, or in jungles or farmers. This has been happening with much impunity for last decades in the garb of peace loving ever purifying nonviolence. You rarely see Iyerjis in dying as security personnels or suiciding farmers but these machiavellians can be seen with their big mouth and long diarrheic views everywhere espousing ever purifying humanitarian values and ever ready kriyakaram for universal peace. The lopsided development indicators and the extremely distressing social indices are testaments to the intent.    


Indian Communists, based in comforts of Delhi and putrid pits of Kolkata, are disgrace and should not be allowed anywhere near the power in all earnest. They have really used the misery indicators of common people to work on their social status. In this primitive world less money doesn’t matter if status is intact (indeed career is meant for money from wherever doing whatever and ultimately to enhance status) the reason some may look and live quite a simple life but disgrace nevertheless, there was one fellow who even went about half naked, ostensibly to connect with common people meanwhile kept primitive squatter pit intact and crude conscience keepers all along with supremely charming attributes that since have become role models and conscience enhancers. They thought they saw mahatma, and since been clinging to this with ever increasing gusto. Even great compassionate souls like Guru Nanakji never thought to be a Mahatma, nor is referred to as. These things don’t come cheap. Meanwhile I want to ask the Sikhs who visit Haridwar, on what basis they participate in water related rituals? Why can’t they see and respect water/river for what it is, as compassionate souls like Nanakji could and indeed asserted, rather than taking it just as a mean for their personal aggrandisements in the name of god, and leave the river filthy and people degraded. This kind of tolerant amalgamation is mortifying. Guru Granth Sahib is one of the most evolved texts please don’t degrade it. I like to go to temple towns because it is always vibrantly crazy and you could see the remnants (indeed the ‘spirit’ to some extend) of what the vicious nature of squatter couldn’t subjugate. It is that I seek. In the last seven decades as they consolidate power in the garb of democracy this syncretic culture is what is being destroyed. Mukherjeeji is the latest automated fossil in this game. In a stricter understanding of nationalism, the fellow could easily be classified as anti-national for the kind of money wasted and misuse of State machinery for his private degraded pleasures. Since we love discussing in binaries, not endowed with social intelligence or contexts, how about comparing the money spent on Mukherjeeji’s temple hopping and amount of money for which farmers suicide. It is a compelling comparison that squatter ensconced market driven media will not dare. It will disturb the applecart. Indeed BJP is nothing but an extended version of Congress, that has been pupating all the time in the heart and big bellies of most Congress leaders. Clever squatter working on western pointers know the subtle art of taking it to the edge of abyss and leaving it there, these machiavellians knows with rich experience that rest will take care of itself meanwhile they give the impression of heaven, unfortunately non-western squatters don’t care for such subtleties, they are upfront and know how to make issues into pride factor, therein lies the difference hence the chest beating for intolerance. Further, to prove that they are god ordained pristine they also have the unique ability to degrade others, instead of looking for middle ground or compromise for the sake of people. This vicious attacks and counter attacks is nothing but part of immaculate conception of vad samvad parampara that has nothing remotely to do with common people.      

 Kanhaiya Kumar (JNU student’s union president arrested under draconian sedition charges, that indeed was preserved by Congress retainers. Now it emerges that the videos were doctored) is amazingly prescient to social issues and realities –that indeed many in JNU are exposed to with the knowledge driven inquisitive ecosystem and acute awareness of constant threat of exploitative market, and his (as well as other JNU students) concerns are quite grounded. These cannot be tutored and has strong element of awareness. JNU is sought to be tarnished but this blogger asserts that it is like an oasis of understanding in what is necessarily an uncouth material driven philistine city. Though I must admit that issues raised by contemporary JNU students are in pleasant contrast to almost two decades back when elitism was in fore, during college elections outsiders were active with issues that had nothing to do with social realities of this nation or the campus. I distinctly recall Suhasini Ali ranting about Palestine that I, stuck in the drudgery of Karolbagh, found disgraceful and insensitive opportunism. First, no political leaders should be allowed in the campus. There should be strict rules on these matters. Secondly, likes of Ms. Ali is a regret, carrying as she is, a surname that surely is an insult on gender understanding though the left driven mullah pointer compulsion is understood (it is also not shocking that she nurtures herself in the company of market manipulating CrudeWoman). Nothing is personal when the ramifications are social, and yes when part of identity is that we are forced to acknowledge. A spectre of disgust against hedonist comrade rise!! And yes Mr. Kumar should be careful of the likes of Yechuries who are conniving to use him for elections. To start with he should ask the question why was the former JNU student’s union president kicked out from the party for taking a stand against supporting Mukherjeeji for President’s post? What is so compelling about Mukherjeeji that comrades in Bengal and fetid elite in Delhi are besotted to if not camaraderie? Mukherjeeji’s role during Emergency was not very positive (indeed it is shocking that not a single leader was punished for these wanton killing and untold misery, nor supine EC or SC debarred or arrested these leaders. Surely many were fit case for ‘rarest of rare’. The progenies of media who ‘scrawled when asked to bend’ rule the roost now and inherit these underhand dealings and unethical nudges). Mukherjeeji may, with his characteristic cleverness, blame it on SS Ray (it is ridiculous to suggest that all powerful Indira Gandhi was taken in by a lone leader, also what about the aftermath?) he also makes valiant effort to protect Indira Gandhi (as part of duty ofcourse) who indeed should have been dealt much severely by SC. Imposing Emergency for no reason, killing and maiming people, wanton misuse of State machinery, is treason. Mukherjeeji’s attempts also fails to cut because he was quite close to SS Ray, indeed some way a mentor. There was grapevine in higher echelons ‘wherever Ray went Pranab was sure to go!!”. And yes once it is forgiven, second time this much is enough, next time this fellow does temple hopping in front of this blogger then…Please spare this poor nation Sirji, please settle inside a sanctum sanctorum, cling to disgraceful squatters if you like but please do it after retirement, meanwhile spare us we already have many serious problems, don’t misuse our money. Kuch tho sharm karo.  Regrettably the thing about this primitive society is that I cannot even say he is setting a wrong precedence. Sycophantic leaders are happy confluence of camaraderie, debauched blessing and mystical providence that common people are not meant to understand. The quality is showing, and unfortunately it has seeped into society as desired attribute. This immense humbleness towards miracles that they seek is leading to gargantuan appetite for blessing and shortcuts.               

Communists are the one who ruined Bengal, after three decades of Left rule not even basic social development, except some self-engrossed chatteratti, indeed it remained a squatter ensconced elitist blackhole with high pretension that modelled itself on Leftists in Europe. Even in rich countries like Britain and USA leaders like Corbyns and Sanders are gaining traction among the aware whose numbers are steadily rising. Though Sander maynot win but he has definitely raised the bar that the elitist comfort seeking Left finds difficult to swallow. The godforsaken Indian Leftist leaders are regrettable bunch (except some in Kerala that includes Gowriamma and Achuthanandan, that they are popular and active even though they have well past 90 years is incredible) and have high estimate about themselves, are prone to illusions of grandeur as ordained agents of world savers. That they lack understanding of Indian realities or even exposure to grassroot was recouped with alacrity by emulating the Europeans with extensive reading and coffee table discussions. Unfortunately Indian reality has rare commonality with the West, and their search for class conflict died a premature death. That these readings didn’t remotely affect them nor their squatter ensconced world is a startling insight. They remained feudal patriarchs comfortably ensconced in squatter’s world, indeed benefitting quite grandly from these degradations as they set out to change the world. Disgraceful. Meanwhile a clever breed self-evolved in this depraved ecosystem: The leftist inclined intellectuals, who judiciously hung themselves on lusciously low branches for sycophantic Congress leaders to pluck. Sycophantic congress leaders, essentially family retainers, have low credibility and intellectual gravitas, worst they don’t even have mass support to brag, this vacuum is what they seek to fill by supporting these so called leftist intellectuals who are seen as least threatening. Indeed these leftist types scrawling around the power centre clearly pattern themselves to the requirement. Anything for easy power and money, that too in a country of more than a billion. That explains how CrudeWoman could tight hug Ms. Ali while having clear access to the highest level: The Madam, hence all the goodies and power (even call backs we are informed). It is telling on the Congress leadership that they couldn’t nurture their own followers or party members for these patronages, and indeed help consolidate itself. It shows amazing lack of trust for its own. Even elitist candidates are parachuted for elections undermining the local leadership and party workers. It’s an remarkable travesty, and what takes it to stratospheric level is insular arrogance and entitled invincibility of the leadership.

Thankfully BJP rarely does this hoisting business and impose it on people. This blogger is not against popular figures and amazingly talented people being appreciated but is against these manipulators and fair weather operators, who consistently work to impress the powerful and extract benefits at the expense of people, undermining propriety and degrading institutions. Meanwhile NDA will have to answer what is nationalism and anti-nationalism they espouse. You cannot dismiss an MP or MLA as fringe element when they declare to cut tongues or other violence. Why BJP doesn’t keep these nutcases in tight lease? Why don’t the coalition partners express concern? And yes why have the police not registered a case and arrested the muck mongers and rabble-rousers? Oh I forget the police is politicised and despite many reform commissions recommendations the Congress sycophants were too incompetent to take note or initiate reforms.    

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Chakiyarkooth: it couldn’t get better

I am a big fan of Chakiyarkooth, it’s an extremely nuanced artform and a fun to watch in live audience. Chakiyarkooth is story telling by an artist to live audience; it differs from Katha prasangam (literally ‘story telling’) in that in Chakiyarkooth the story teller has an elaborate makeup and costume, he also moves around the stage. Chakiyarkooth is much nuanced than Katha prasangam. It consists of storytelling, mostly from hindu mythology, the story teller quite adeptly includes contemporary happenings particularly politics (that keralites are quite involved in, though much degraded and lacks any calibre as democracy) as part of the story. The references are subtle and so the story is from Ramayana, the Mukhyan (Chief) is undoubtedly a local king in the narration but the indication towards the CM is not missed nor is the snide or metaphor in passing. Audience understands and knows when and where the subtle indications are meant to be. Another compelling aspect of Chakiyarkooth is that the story teller also involves audience in his narration, he may shout at someone who is readying to get up or has just entered or any personal remark that he fancies, cleverly the harassment is pointed or addressed to the member in the audience but that is not to be, he is only telling the story, this admonishment is not to the person but a protagonist in the story he is narrating! This many times creates incredibly hilarious situations, with everyone kept wondering who could be his next target?!
I really don’t think an artform like this exist anywhere else, atleast not in India. Unfortunately primitive india is not far behind and has classified this artform as being performed by certain community!! Anybody with requisite talent can perform anything is not an uncommon thought in the world but then uncouth indians will wallow in its uncouthness. And yes something similar to this is tried by many comedy driven narrators in Malayalam TV.

Doesn’t measure up to represent syncretic ways

Temple hopper Mukherjeeji (self-assured arrogance of inbuilt ji is not accepted hence one more ji. Ridiculous) is incorrigible as ever. So again the fellow crossed my path at Guruvayur, thankfully this time I was at home. This fellow is temple hopping at the expense of the state, tax payer’s money. The state machinery is being misused and millions of rupees wasted with impunity and the audacity of wishing the crowd, thankfully he didn’t wave. The police force are stretched for no reason; indeed they started their security drill days earlier, compounding the amazing travesty. Livelihood of small shopkeepers and roadside vendors were affected and confiscated; the temple hopper should know how these losses matter. Meanwhile, pilgrims were hauled and bounded, and many left stranded in this festival season. In an amazing travesty it was reported that Mukherjeeji insisted on paying for gold locket that were offered to him. He should also be made to pay for the expense that the State incurred for his misuse and wasteful ways. Temple hopping is not an official duty, clearly our man is on a look out for second term. Camaraderie is known to settle trickiest of situations, and yes miracles happens all the time the reason why it gains credibility over common people. More than anything else it is the deviance that is being consolidated with power structure, and ensuing degradation of the society, that is the concern here.

President Mukherjee was quoted as saying “…magnificent heritage of our land where people of different religions, castes and languages live in harmony. …our history is one of assimilation, mutual respect and celebration of our differences, respecting each other’s beliefs and values...”. Caste as harmony?!! Yes so much sickening harmony, and ofcourse unique self-defeating nonviolence. Indeed Kerala is a case study on regressive society, and in many ways possibilities and limitations of Indian society as a whole. Kerala’s excellent social indices are much celebrated, that achieved standards of advanced societies by 1980s. It has been hailed as model of development. An outcome of egalitarian ruling of relatively benign royalty (this may not be exaggerated as they were ensconced in squatter’s world hence caretakers of crude values), communism (that reached saturation and turned regressive), social movements (cleverly hijacked by political expediency and degradations) and Christian educational institutions (used by rich and elite, though they remain glimmer of hope for underprivileged to a large extend). Like an individual trapped in regressive mindset societies too reach saturation, no amount of possibilities can unshackle them. Kerala had all the potentials by 1970s-80s, it had enviable social indices and standard of living. Literate, aware individuals and grass root movements that acted as positive binding. Unfortunately these couldn’t unshackle the limitation under which the society’s foundation was functioning. Individuals were only part of the framework and learned to live in these unacceptable regressive traditions and norms. Literacy never could reach the potential of education and remained a means of social pride and ego driven ventures. Exploitative market utilised the opportunity to capitalise on these regression, the consumerism unleashed the insatiable desires of self-esteem, that closely emulated squatter ways. Rarely was tradition contradicting consumerism while market introduced pointers of modernity herein. It’s a dangerous mix, hence the collective hallucination for gold and glitter, the degenerating family units and deteriorating mental health. Different religions exist in this regressive communion. Food habits, language and entertainment they share show the similarity, faith therefore is an enforced diversity while regressive ways natural outcome of this degraded ecosystem. The best will find its baser self to amalgamate, hence the society slips into worse ways.  There is nothing positive here, and the youngsters are just representations and carriers of these degradations. This society had all the potential and opportunity to capitalise on modern values but they couldn’t, they cannot. Hence collapsed in it’s own weight of degrading traditions and exaggerated assessments.

 ‘God’s own Country’ is the reflection of this arrogance, this self-assured place in world –majority of whom will not even know where kerala is, and a tacit acknowledgement from superior forces, which ofcourse they are intimately in contact. As more and more nauseating temples, mosques, churches so on prop at every corner, pushing out the egalitarian ways that existed time immemorial with intimate understanding of Nature, meanwhile competing regression and nonsense gives the impression of democratic discourse and open society. It is not surprising that despite high levels of social indices (also health/education facilities), that are comparable to most advanced nations, Kerala is incapable to produce people of calibre or competence. The average fellow is generally a egoistic buffoon with quite high estimate of himself, readied to work as a replicator and sniff for higher earnings with an ardent and persist aim to establish social status in traditionally transferred pointers. Market has only made it visceral, ripping out the seemingly considerate nuanced ways, that did existed from ancient times, and replacing it with terrible ways that is asserted as free modern stands. Democratic decibel only adds to noise and counter noise, there are no ideas or thoughts but personal attacks and counter attacks. Literacy is reduced to trashy film/tv related nonsense that has firmly established itself as mainstream narrations. Technology is but only as a means to celebrate and appropriate for the burgeoning greed and to raise esteem in society. Esteem and status being constant fixture and consistent motivator. Further degradation is insisted as blabbermouth mediocre market artists take centre stage, sometimes, even as moral authority and thought generators. This was unthinkable few decades back, but that is the miracle of technology as it bumps into mediocre society. It’s an astounding degradation and a firm reminder to where the Indian society will be moving. As social indices of India rise (which ofcourse is stuck with the most poor sub Saharan part of the world, thanks to camaraderie at the higher places and misplaced policy making. Mukherjeeji is only consolidation of these) don’t expect people to develop/responsible, the social mobility framework is utterly degraded. This society is seriously deviant and is incapable to understand or capitalise the immense potential the world has to offer. It thrives in its pits, regurgitating traditions to its progenies and multiplies in as ordained selves. Indians therefore saturates as replicators to the world, the society lacks the basic values to produce normal compassionate people that are the foundation of inquisitive and thriving ways, an ecosystem needed to produce insight to the problems and foresight to the solutions. It blunders from one way to another with all its misplaced esteem intact, meanwhile exploited and abused by the powerful as they cunningly facilitates to cannibalise itself. This role of facilitators is the most sought after, the bewitching acts to besotted world.

Mukherjeejis of the world has no business to elucidate about syncretic culture nor does he measure up to represent it. Far from it the squatter ensconced are serious threat and in the last many decades (when scoundrel CR moved in with his shudikaran of Presidential house after Mountbatten) have severely degraded the Indian society as they spread by gripping on to the power and ruse of democracy. I have a home at Guruvayur and have roamed the place hundreds of times but never went inside the temple. At the gate it is mentioned ‘non-hindus not allowed’, and never could understand that, ofcourse I do have serious problem with squatters inside and the legitimacy of these claims. Unfortunately Indian judiciary, market media or social elite are too incompetent to question these, indeed they are not only complicit but major benefactor. I really want to know who are the ‘hindus’ and who are ‘non hindus’. These squatter ensconced scoundrels expertise in ‘who should be allowed and not allowed’, this nonsense has a long horrendous tradition and still remains the  basis of the faith discourse in this primitive setting, and indeed forms the cultural value of this godforsaken people. According to my understanding of Hinduism Mukherjeeji doesn’t measure up as a Hindu nor the scoundrels inside the temples qualified to speak about Hinduism and decide who should enter.

In a civilised society people like Mukherjeeji would never be coming anywhere near democratic power structure. They are of the same calibre as gun hugging bible proud right wing republicans in US. These nonviolent advocating vegetarian espousing caste hugging souls may act liberal and look harmless but these are the most despicable type of humans who have constantly degraded and diminished the egalitarian nature of the Indian society.

Post script: the degradation is such that when the best of the world visit India they go disgrace while indians clap all the way. Incidentally they rarely visit when they are at the peak of their career. So Usain Bolt never intends his running skills when in India but plays cricket, Maradona lands to sponsor godforsaken gold jewelry in Kerala, recently Wimbledon tennis 2013 grand slam winner Bartoli was here not to promote or showcase tennis but as a fashion designer!! So fixers can fix for easy money as skills goes downhill, mediocre Indians are quite tolerant suckers. I am told the best part of the stupid game cricket (it is a stretch to call it a sport) happens during practice sessions, the mediocre come carefully prepared for brand positioning while so-called journalist go heavens reporting this ground breaking event