What an exhilarating race!!

It is since 1949 that twenty horses participated in Indian Derby (at Mumbai). And what a race it was, arguably one of the most exhilarating races that I happen to witness and the crowd was electrifying. After debacle in the past I don’t fancy fillies for Indian derby, the filly with late stupendous acceleration ‘Myrtelwood’ was quite rightly hoisted as firm favourite but that didn’t change my mind. Deccan Derby winner ‘Desert Gold’ was my favourite, willy Padmanabhan knows his job and is known for pleasant surprises. Fourth in the ring, this pretty colt didn’t attract much attention as he settled in the mid pack. David Allan's home run was astute and in the nerve racking rush of horses he held his cool despite being squeezed, that though did it for ‘Phoenix Tiger’, in the end won by a half a length. Gestapo was a surprise third. It was a memorable Indian Derby (photo courtesy rwitc.com). 

       

Relative as measure of competence

Mysuru is being hailed as the cleanest city in India. Clearly compared to other cities there is some cleanliness, surely the air is much cleaner and is a pleasure to cycle around. And yes it is a much quieter place. My grouse here is that there must be clear parameters on which these factors are measured to be awarded the cleanest city in the country. If parameters are strictly followed then I doubt if there can be any city in India that can be even on the top ten list.  Relative cleanliness is no standard of cleanliness, considering how obnoxiously uncouth Indians are, spitting around, spreading muck all the time. This kind of irresponsible behaviour is very much supported by entitled ways as also extricating mucous from the system is a sacred act of cleanliness and purity herein that hare-brained squatters have meticulously prescribed. The rigour in which people in India spit in public places without any regard or decency is what makes it an ancient culture. The disgust of paan eating and spitting is even romanticized in Hindi movies with song dedicated on this degradation, only goes on to show the calibre of song writers and aesthetic sense of movie makers.  Think about malmal ke kurthe meh cheet lal lal (red spit on white satin dress is the object of praise here!!). It is sad but many a times I end up sharing my table with total strangers, all across the country all the times more than million times probably, something I hate but I guess there is no choice in these matters. The way people eat makes me throw up, the kind of waste and crap people create is indescribable, there must be some basic standard that must be adhered to in public places. Some wash on the plate after eating, while some sprinkle water around before eating exhibiting some higher end connection with forces above, some belch, some talk loudly over the phone while eating displaying content in the mouth, some shout at the waiter and eat like they haven’t eaten for days …all these in amazing self-assuredness, least bothered about people in the vicinity. This self-assuredness in the midst of disgusting is what makes Indians remarkably unique, incorrigible ways that no amount of literacy can dent, education is bigger matter that Indians will always struggle with.

A city that doesn’t have basic standard procedure to dispose biomass and indulge in open burning in almost all street corners cannot be classified as cleanest city. The scene here in the picture I encounter on daily basis. Indeed no city in India can be put in top ten list, this should be kept vacant. Less muckier than the rest cannot be cleanest. This must be adhered to in all kinds of grading. If you don’t fulfil the criteria then best of the rest cannot be elevated as best. Many toppers in exams have amazingly low score but they are still celebrated as toppers. Not that topping matters nor that education is about these nonsenses but when you create some standards then you better adhere to it, and yes must be scrutinised for loopholes. Ideally these ranks should be kept vacant, there is no excuse for mediocrity.

Amassing quantity, as records, while showing least concern for quality, is another of popular trait in this part of the world. This therefore is overwhelming consideration for competence in this mediocre driven society. So we have sportsperson to entertainers to scientists in this rigmarole of achievements that would embarrass anyone anywhere remotely connected or has a hint on competence. Even number of years spent is seen as an achievement, hence criteria for further promotions. This is the framework that is being followed that thrives on status quo and sincerity to higher forces without any application of mind. Sycophantic leaders perpetuated these as they themselves thrived on these as camaraderie smoothened the matter. This framework can be seen to exist wherever people suffered and misery becomes constant source of growth. While I was at Indian science congress, a speaker –an indian scientist, was introduced with number of papers published (which ofcourse was enviable) and so on. The person next to me whispered all garbage, not a single paper contributed anything substantial. I smiled, wasn’t it one paper by Einstein that changed everything? By Indian standard this would amount to nothing, he would end up nowhere in competence scale!! Meanwhile one ex-VC refused to share dais with a Nobel laureate as he was only a professor which the ex-VC found below his dignity. It is a typical attitude, the snobbery and arrogance with minimal of competence, most likely these attitudes are means to compensate the lack of worth, and you can easily trace these to squatter’s frame, in effect amazingly crude nature of society. And then at godforsaken Sahitya Akademi one writer was introduced as author of hundreds of books and short stories, later I managed to get hold of one of his books and was quite appalled by the quality as well as the content of story, it was a travesty. But then the standards are so low in here that ideas like excellence remain only ideas. One short story by Gogol changed it, so did Kafka. That is excellence. Fifth symphony does it for me.

      It is in this context I express my condolence on the death of Nida Fazli, such amazing lines, two or three songs that is enough, what incredible words, simple but evolved expressions and rare artistic sensibilities. Though it is an overwhelmingly mediocre society but you can find excellence in some rare songs and lyrics, this true to most Indian languages. Songs and colours are two things that really touch the soul and this society does bring out some astoundingly nuanced expressions of it. Clearly there is folk connection to it as also subtle ways of life. Good songs are now almost obsolete (with cheapskate first rate plagiarist and third rate lyricist stampeding into RS and degrading it further) but you do come across these superb expressions sometimes. Nida Fazli’s lyrics had an immortal quality to it. What charming lines… and the enveloping quietness of it.

Post Script: Tomorrow exciting news on Gravitation waves?

Monkey jumping from caste to community

In the tradition of chicanery, as the world closes in on the primitives, they now churn out new definitions. Cleaving words like 'community' from egalitarian contexts to fill up their degraded realities, in effect their identities, and insistently seeking to refurbish themselves as kindred souls with high intent of acting as agent (indeed nothing short of jagath guru!! such arrogance) of universal peace and tolerance. Western world uses words like community in an effort to assuage and prevent discriminations as in these societies migration from other part of the world is high as also values of liberty and equality can be effectively disseminated from these understanding. Primitive India though is a different ball game, the clever use of 'community' to morph casteism is a valiant effort, and indeed it has become an existential effort as they desperately try to cling on to the claim of higher estimate of oneself. The dictionary meaning of community is “group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common”. It is amazing that people living as neighbours for centuries, indeed for thousands of years, belonging to same social frame, same realities of life, same racial/ethnic/linguistic indeed same faith have been able to maintain demarcations of different ‘community’. It’s an amazing feat, surely the word 'community' now needs to be redefined, when it comes to uncouth people, definitions do loose credence. The world will have to be redesigned. So this is the latest effort with debauched blessing and camaraderie, the humbleness exhibited here in accommodating values and tolerance is breathtaking. In the meanwhile another kindred soul (Guptaji, the reigning sociologist, is negotiating debouched intellectual credence and faithfully attuning it to market’s compulsive needs. That reminds, the so called sociology and anthropology books emerging from this part of world are degrading crap and lacks any sense, no serious sociologists can give authority to these juvenile scholarships. These are counterparts of Indian scientists in its intent, quality and competence.  In an attempt to study Indian society it regales squatter’s pit, therefore steps must be taken to evict these from libraries. MN Srinivas’s progenies shouldn’t be given state protection, however excellent their english maybe) rues that caste was not meant to be in ‘public space’, yes it is a private fester that needs to be scratched in private, in the comfort of private putrid pits. It is amazing that the world of Guptajis that has serious social implication, and ofcourse all the ills and degradations, is expected to be private. Wherein it forms the basis of diseased identity and his source of dealing with the world! Probably he is expounding the timeless Indian hypocrisy that the itchy fester should be scratched in the commune of closed door and then come out smelling fresh with a beatific expression, almost a mahatma. Caste can have reference only in context to discrimination, any other attempt to project caste is nothing but casteism, much worse than racism, hence anyone trying this subterfuge should be dealt severely. Likes of Guptajis and his private casteist world has thrived in its pit, since the narration is controlled by camaraderie therefore they will fatten themselves but the moment they attempt to crawl out and gloat in civilized world they will be smacked.  In a civilised world fellows like him don’t pass the cut to be even considered for teaching, forget as professors, clearly a symptom of bigger malice of India’s trashy education system, not to mention market conceived public intellectuals and the camaraderie herein.  

Indian elites are known to have high sounding enlightening views on almost everything on the face of the earth, that includes the market exalted freedom of expression, their view would make western souls pout in glory of Indian democracy and have chimera of egalitarian society based on equality and fraternity, little are they aware that the debauched blessings and camaraderie has consistently censored and actively condoned the worst forms of atrocities, to an extend that it is very much seen as normal realities of this society, indeed diversity, yes multicultural 'community'!! With huge amount of money dumped into India by moneybags in their attempt to multiply it, they drop much to the facilitators, who range from market manipulators, opinion makers to policy initiators. This coterie therefore has enough power to twist and threaten the narration to the purpose. If Zuckerberg thought he could get away with his emotion evoking nonsense then this confidence was assured by the fixers, ditto Volkswagen and Nestle. It is not what is right but what is the perception is what matters, more than billion people are being worked out from this reasoning by these scoundrels who have parked themselves around the gravy train called development and modernity. These moneybags controling the narration are serious threat to Indian democracy –that indeed is flimsiest, and consistently degrade the society as they ready to barter. It’s not the victorian prurience (as colonial british hobnobbed and attempted on civilising, squatter being up on mobility hierarchy acquiesced these, absorbed and claimed as squatter high tradition) that is the threat by censor but context of script and dialogue, even high tolerance humour, is problematic. One wonders whether this primitive society does even have calibre to understand humour; condoning crudeness cannot really have the frame to appreciate better things in life. The reason why it degrades as it celebrates. Meanwhile the squatter spread is very much riding on entertainment and dystopian market driven modernity, the angst of enlightening thoughts tugged to debauchery constantly emerges as opinion. The censorship and cunningness adopted by market media, squatter ensconced intellectuals and policy makers is consistently hiding the crude realities of the society, if probed then horrendously presented as benign tradition of 'communities'. In this disgraceful world every mind, every door, every house and every village is beginning of 'community' that claims high entitlements and direct blessing for itself as they ransack and cannibalise every form of civilized ways. If a man is killed for eating the food he prefers then pursuing the killers is not the priority but find out (indeed forensic test) whether the meat was beef. If a student from severely marginalised and horribly discriminated section suicides and writes his angst in no telling terms then forget what he writes in his dying statement (which indeed is a common knowledge, home truth, of this society) question his background. Even the claims of the person who suicides in the most discriminating of circumstances is questioned (travesty attempted by none other than the Foreign Minister of the country). The private fester has gangrened, the stench cannot be kept away from the ‘public space’, misplaced intellectual snobbery nor defecating high sounding words hide this putrefaction of conscience of this society. It is becoming clear that the people in this part of the world are stuck in the lower half of Darwinian evolutionary scale, and instead of understanding the reality they cleverly try to upturn the scale and claim that monkeys evolve from humans, and monkey jump from caste to 'community'. It is an embarrassment to the monkeys.    

Primitive India’s million mutinies

Thanks to some amazing thinkers, revolutionaries, inventors so on in societies across the world we have the freedom and modern amenities to make our life comfortable. To understand this scan even a couple of centuries back the luxury of the most powerful kings and sundry you are in the contemporary world infinitely better placed. Indians have all the freedom compared to other societies as also egalitarian traditions but these are increasingly threatened with squatter spread as power is institutionalised and consolidated. Skewed ways of market has sought to instigate these as money power and devious ways overwhelms the democratic structure while debauchery establishes in camaraderie. Every individual has immense potential but in primitive societies, like in individuals, has it saturation point. Primitive Indians had reached the saturation point long time back about the time when the britishers left, it’s been downhill since then. Democracy and egalitarian ways, which obviously is alien understanding in this part of the world, has helped unstifle voices though despite best efforts it has not stopped repressions and exploitations. Inventions in the outside world has increased the comfort and reach but the society pupate in putrid pits, the modern amenities and thoughts only adding to arsenal of cruder expression and cleverness, assured in the ordained self they have exaggerated claims. This regressive society has nothing to offer and cannot be expected anything for the world indeed it will degrade and corrupts as it spreads. The spiritual mumbo, that is served as a claim, is essentially the trace of egalitarian traditions that is being severely threatened by democracy empowered power structure as debauchery seeps in. It is hilarious when squatter ensconced try appropriating spiritual thoughts. It’s like a rabid animal acquiring human speech and equally miraculously espouses morality and higher thoughts. It’s an Animal Farm of cannibals. 

This society can only waste its time arguing who can enter where and how? And other compelling disgusts. And yes there are people who eulogise ‘argumentative indian’, this name dropper even tried the enlightening sanskrit frame as subtle rapprochement to changing reality but alas. Meanwhile the governor of Karnataka (who shows all characteristics of enthusiastic domesticated primate) elaborates that speaking sanskrit exudes vibrations that spreads peace!! ISRO chairperson,  on the dais, was seen congratulating the governor after the speech, even exchanging words of appreciations. On his part the godforsaken scientist (it’s becoming clear that these are political appointments, within the frames of debauchery and camaraderie), who is keenly seeking a post retirement plump, questioned Nobel prize given to Chinese in Medicine this year claiming these were part of ancient Indian knowledge. Well played sir. Now for some facts: Ancient Chinese medicinal practices are quite systematic, it undoubtedly has its share of nonsense the reason why endangered species like Tigers and Rhinos are being killed, but it goes to the credit of Tu Youyou that after years of study and research she was able to isolate these as ‘novel therapy’ for malaria. Artemisin has saved millions of lives. We are extremely grateful to likes of Ms Youyou. Meanwhile, understanding of squatter’s, isolated from surroundings as they were –a crap elevated as apara vidya, was shoddy effort and whatever significant was based on knowledge of tribes and observant people, practitioners, connected to nature. How much Buddhism helped consolidate and provide an egalitarian frame for spreading these was referred by this blogger in my blog on birds (www.iseeebirds.blogspot.com) in context to Itty Achuthan, as also how Dutch understood the significance. Meanwhile ISRO chief should try find out why they haven’t yet invented the vaccine for malaria, that affects more Indians than Chinese. I am told TIFR is on the verge, being on the verge is a state that seeks divine intervention. Those who are able to contact these mysterious forces should now take over, surely Indian scientists are known to have expertise on these!!   

This blogger is shocked that the VC responsible for Rohith Vemula’s tragic death -it is undoubtedly a murder by primitive Indian society, is not arrested yet. The scoundrel has ‘gone on leave’, it seems. It sounds akin to market media patronizing Tendulkar as ‘being rested’ for the game. The primitive society has much ante up the sleeves. Meanwhile attempts were made to obfuscate the tragedy, a tragedy that has severely indicted the Indian society. Not that these heinous crimes have not happened before, indeed untold atrocities were committed over years and centuries that would make holocaust a minor blimp on human conscience. Rohith’s tragedy is telling on elite because he was able to articulate in English, it was heartbreakingly poignant. Uncouth indian elite has no place to hide, the world is also now aware that there is something seriously amiss in the carefully constructed mahatmaland, the home truth is open to scrutiny. This tragedy is akin to Nirbhaya case as it happened in Delhi, it needs someone to be brutally raped right next to them for these scoundrels to move their arse. Now poignant english has had them soul search. “They are indeed like us” is dawning on the uncouth. There is meanwhile concerted valiant attempts to show caste as not a factor, which ofcourse is such a benign tradition of this uncouth society, but yes the blame is attempted on ‘caste politics’. Incredulously we witness sudden spurt of suicides by students across the country. This is what makes it so charming about this crude society it is so easy to manipulate misery as we have surplus of it. The elite section highlights as it suits, the angst of elite women in the context of gender disparity is now served. So much so, that the clever Delhi CM knew the power of these cantankerous elite women to exempt them promptly from pollution issue. SUV driving abla nary is a compelling sight against air pollution and indeed a tribute to the sacrifice of Nirbhaya.

It also not amusing that CM of AP or Telegana didn’t even find it necessary to show compassion. These two are known to be ensconced to debauchery. Primitive KC Rao has been serial offender, probably he is atoning for an outsider entering the debauched frame, this ardent chicanery should help clear bad omen in the power structure. What a disgrace. Not unknown in a region (Andhra-Telengana) where TV channels are leased to broadcast lavish weddings, acutely many of these degraded people are engineers mostly working in US. Such obnoxious grace. 

       

Exaggerated presence of handful representing market media hence ability to twist and degrade narrations to the requirement of moneybags and debauchery is the mainstay. As politicians are dependent on money hence further degradation, democracy is reduced to farce while market creates the euphoria. This exaggerated presence of some as saviours of freedom of expression of more than a billion people is in itself serious threat; this irony is now an official joke. Sycophants in Congress have debilitatingly degraded institutions over the decades, as they hinge on baser emotions of keeping powers above happy, a feat that stint in sanctum sanctorum and precincts have equipped them well, and as they lack voters base (telling since feudal control is an easy vote base) they cultivated by dispensing patronage, clout and blatant corruption. They consistently degraded institutions and weakened the structures.  The list of Congress in Rajya Sabha is a testimony to this degradation. Manipulative geezers, with nothing to commend about, from Mani to Soni, embarrassing lafangas claiming cultural gatekeepers and other wastrels (to be fair scoundrel Mani has ‘Rajiv Chowk’ as a claim).  In a delicious irony they now claim that Arunachal Pradesh governor is being misused.

Sometime back I was flipping the TV channel and happen to come across Najma Heptullah (I feel sorry for her, this is the second time this one has become the victim of my channel surfing). She was giving a talk at Puttaparthi, she seems to be a bhakt of the charlatan Baba who attracted people with his stupid magic and juvenile tricks. Anyone with basic intelligence and character would be cautious in such surroundings or the least laugh it away but not tolerant people in this part of the world. It is when you are trapped in squatter (or other organised religion) that you miss the miracle of life and seek scoundrels. That people following different miracle driven faith come together to pursue common miracle is how syncretic culture get established in this part of the world. And the West is told to learn from Indian ways of life, on how to live together! Meanwhile Heptullah was introduced by former President Shankar Dayal Sharma, a veteran congressman (that in itself should caution) who being bhakt himself, the high tolerance saw that very soon Heptullah was Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, and longest serving one for that, before she shifted to greener pastures and continues to be a Minister. This Madam Heptullah claims was blessing of Baba. We have such innumerable stories of blessing, quite coincidentally emerging from Rajya Sabha and other patronage dispensing pits.

Meanwhile angst against reducing tolerance and sickularism was succinctly expressed by one fellow I was reading the other day. He calls himself Jawed Naqvi and gets his bread n butter (quite essential these) and intents for much more as Dawn’s correspondent in Delhi. This fellow was in Kerala, his views therefore caught my attention, positioning that is symptomatic to bigger malice. While recuperating from bad lungs from Delhi in Kerala our fellow happen to watch Kalaripayattu, hence began his godforsaken musing. “I watched Kalaripayattu performed by group of Muslim men with rare spiritual joy” therefore began his sickularism rant. It is different matter that ancient martial art forms don’t have religion, and yes obeisance to nature is part of this and so those identified as muslims partaking these is no big deal, but our man was having vision of high tolerance. He was ready to take it to the next level by giving credence to squatter’s myth with a devious intent. “Another legend has it that Lord Shiva had taught Parasurama the art of Kalaripayattu. Parasurama taught his 21 disciples, all brahmins themselves, this art”. So you see the beginning of bonhomie, from myth to reality, from one elite placing himself in muslim frame to other elite in another crude frame, a feudal nudge and wink moment that is defining moment that seeps through this godforsaken subcontinent. This high level of tolerance game that gives life to Aiyerji vermin to work out his sickular world and depraved ways. Naqvi was riding his moral high ground, he points to obnoxious shariat compliant Malaysian airline –Riyani Air (they might start this nonsense in London, as a stretch on multiculturalism. If humans were to fly then god should have given them wings, clearly god didn’t want to. How about not using airlines therefore?!) in glowing terms. Intriguingly and pathetically this airline was started by Hindu couple, likely keralites. Naqvi points out that this also in response to a belief by people, of wrath by allah, on recently crashed malayasian aircrafts. What kind of god is this, indeed what kind of god’s conception is this that targets people who don’t follow thy? Naqvi, though had already scaled high moral grounds and had indeed start to fly, as it were, this Dawn’s correspondent signs off by adding a lesson for us “When in harmony with other religions every religious individual becomes more agreeable”. Aw. God save us from this harmony and likes of Naqvi. Dear fellow if accepting regressiveness and living out of other’s misery is harmony then it is time to blast that harmony. And that is precisely what women in Maharashtra temple and Haji Ali should do, if their basic right of offering prayer is denied then they should not back down and tolerate this injustice they must take it to the next level which could even be violence. If the institutions have failed to even provide the most basic right then what options are left for weaker section against the powerful entrenched interests. Further, gender parity in places of worship is only a beginning what about crude casteist bias in the traditions at sanctum?         

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is French movie (Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie 1972 directed by Luis Bunue) I was watching sometime back from my pirated movie collection. It is a take on cycle of hypocrisy, deceit and snobbery of elites as their wanton ways are frequently interrupted. Intervened by scenes of purposely walking to god knows where, but they seem determined and when they walk they don’t talk. The layered thoughts don’t mean anything except that they need to have their irresponsible and irrepressible fun. Precisely the way the mediocre entitled Indian elite negotiate patrimonial capitalism in the garb of competition. You could check out their carbon footprint and other degradation as they playact saviours. Meanwhile hereditary transaction, clout and nepotism cements the deal, risks are covered by gains from rent seeking and patronage. Add to it benefits of feudal framework consolidated by regressive ways sanctioned from appalling tradition. They are not charming, such attributes are uncommon in entitled world and don’t mind exhibiting their uncouthness at short notice. Meanwhile the regressive society putrefies in its own muck. The narrations of compassion and tolerant souls have been spread with much ease. Rigour mortis is cleverly presented as consent, silence as approval and on this the elite section works out pointers of multicultural tolerant world and they, conveniently, as the benign representation. These have been showcased to the world as vibrant ways. The harmonious ways of settled world is weaved by squatter’s juvenile bedtime stories and stunted myths that act as anchor for dubious morals and near absent ethical context.  These have been constantly used to subjugate and exploit the famished and disoriented people trapped in the pits of traditions and demeaning ways as they slowly turn into cannibalism. This therefore becomes social ethical mobility pointers. Over the centuries this is what is left in this pit. What is regressive is now sought to be established as culture and identity as the modernity open up values for scrutiny, the tethered elites scamper for legitimacy. Meanwhile benign ways that resisted these uncouth customs are being usurped into squatter’s way of life and presented as hindu religion. Temples, with scoundrel squatter intact, is readied to the world as benign place of worship and is sought to be equated into the frame of other religions wherein the narration is quite divergent. The hypocrisy is telling.

Death as a "Dalit" student: Rohith Vemula is the final act of defiance

Before getting into this let’s point out that there is an ever strong attempt at classifying as Dalit in the mainstream narration wherein this is a reference used in context of discrimination, hence in a machiavellian twist, by giving identities squatter’s template is sought to not only authenticated but seen as compassionate. Meanwhile in another compelling scuffle, that determines these primitive frontiers, Guhaji’s tweets express angst for Kashmiri ‘pandits’. The matrix is well defined only the playact differ, the narration strongly focussed on showcasing as civilised. Kasturi&Sons, with blessing showered from debauchery, have been in the forefront of providing intellectual solace. The reason why you need to target them, they also pose as left leaning intellectuals in an attempt at copying the enlightened sections in Europe. Valiant attempts at ‘social grouping’ ‘pride, prejudice and preference’ are attributed as a legacy of some kind of exotic culture to hide brutal realities. There is also an attempt by elitist left to give a communal angle to what is essentially brutal casteist acts, it’s a habitual attempt at obfuscating boundaries and bring in legitimacy to their nefarious angst.  Meanwhile, as always, feeding crude mullahs is showcased as defining moment of tolerance, how much these have degraded society doesn’t even need any study but what needs study is how much debouched indian elites have degraded countries like Britain with their conceptions. The regressive multiculturalism is quite clearly spiralling down Britain and is indeed constant threat to the world. Progressiveness is much enlightened thought that really cannot come from primitive crude settings, the least from Indians. To start with Britain needs to answer a basic question: why it is allowing spaces for discriminations in the name of faith? If a mosque perpetuates gender discrimination in its religious space, if temples allow discriminations in the name of ‘fatal accidents’ of birth (to quote Rohit Vermula) as in the credential of priests as also primitive identities …then these should be demolished. Meanwhile gandhians are on the lookout for non-existent harijans from their deepening caste pits for immediate patronizing and claw their way to high moral grandstanding.   

Indians have much freedom compared to other countries but that doesn’t translate to any form of responsibility, empathy or excellence, indeed it has become outlet for all kinds of regressiveness and pathetic ways, outsiders are fed on exotic cosmic chaos. Truth is much humbling and devastating. Indians are constantly meshed in their own crude conceptions meanwhile having high estimate about themselves. This crudeness controls all the institutions that attempts at giving high moral narrations while treading crap. Indian media, who tends to play some kind of benign intellectuals, should be severely censured for perpetuating caste cannibalism in crude ways of reporting, matrimonial columns so on. The worst is the judiciary (that have been elevated by market media as saviours) who play super squatter’s, and indeed very much susceptible to debouched influence and camaraderie. The reason why Kasturi&Sons and higher judiciary constantly fed and nurtured buffoons like Subramanium Swamy, there is a dangerous pattern to this. If far right in US have guns as defining identity then crude Indians have their caste, they both have high estimate about oneself and ready with dubious god ordained reasoning. In the US they kill here they cannibalise. In US they are simplistic while in India they are so cunning that they constantly, and with much ease, shift all spectrums of thoughts, in camaraderie, in high moral jubilance. They could be left, right, gandhian or marketers or what not that makes it sinister. This cannibalistic society is going nowhere despite high inspiring good intentioned talks by the PM.

This is the suicide letter by Rohit Vemula, a poignant final act of defiance and yes Indian elite shouldn’t be allowed to latch on with their habitual angst. Meanwhile this blogger again call upon international community to classify India as a racist country and severely stricture this primitive society.  

Good morning,

I would not be around when you read this letter. Don’t get angry on me. I know some of you truly cared for me, loved me and treated me very well. I have no complaints on anyone. It was always with myself I had problems. I feel a growing gap between my soul and my body. And I have become a monster. I always wanted to be a writer. A writer of science, like Carl Sagan. At last, this is the only letter I am getting to write.

I loved Science, Stars, Nature, but then I loved people without knowing that people have long since divorced from nature. Our feelings are second handed. Our love is constructed. Our beliefs colored. Our originality valid through artificial art. It has become truly difficult to love without getting hurt.

The value of a man was reduced to his immediate identity and nearest possibility. To a vote. To a number. To a thing. Never was a man treated as a mind. As a glorious thing made up of star dust. In very field, in studies, in streets, in politics, and in dying and living.

I am writing this kind of letter for the first time. My first time of a final letter. Forgive me if I fail to make sense.

May be I was wrong, all the while, in understanding world. In understanding love, pain, life, death. There was no urgency. But I always was rushing. Desperate to start a life. All the while, some people, for them, life itself is curse. My birth is my fatal accident. I can never recover from my childhood loneliness. The unappreciated child from my past.

I am not hurt at this moment. I am not sad. I am just empty. Unconcerned about myself. That’s pathetic. And that’s why I am doing this.

People may dub me as a coward. And selfish, or stupid once I am gone. I am not bothered about what I am called. I don’t believe in after-death stories, ghosts, or spirits. If there is anything at all I believe, I believe that I can travel to the stars. And know about the other worlds.

If you, who is reading this letter can do anything for me, I have to get 7 months of my fellowship, one lakh and seventy five thousand rupees. Please see to it that my family is paid that. I have to give some 40 thousand to Ramji. He never asked them back. But please pay that to him from that.

Let my funeral be silent and smooth. Behave like I just appeared and gone. Do not shed tears for me. Know that I am happy dead than being alive.

“From shadows to the stars.”

Uma anna, sorry for using your room for this thing.

To ASA family, sorry for disappointing all of you. You loved me very much. I wish all the very best for the future.

For one last time,

Jai Bheem

I forgot to write the formalities. No one is responsible for my this act of killing myself. No one has instigated me, whether by their acts or by their words to this act. This is my decision and I am the only one responsible for this. Do not trouble my friends and enemies on this after I am gone

The amazing “Copenhagen wheel”

This is the most exciting invention. Simple, elegant and yes redefines wheel!! 

At Indian Science Congress, matter of forward looking imaginations

This blogger had the opportunity to attend Indian Science Congress, for layman like me it was quite an interesting experience. Visited stalls exhibiting the latest achievements of premier institutes of the country like DRDO, CSIR, ISRO so on as also attended few talks. The number of talks and the topics dealt were mindboggling. The children’s innovation section was quite interesting. Unlike last year in Mumbai this year care was taken to see that the squatter inspired pseudo-science is not given space. These nonsenses should be dealt severely. But unfortunately it cannot be avoided as it is part of the psyche of this mediocre society that has high estimate about itself, while adeptly playing high moral liberal game cleverly reminding our jagath guru status. The playact of couching arrogance in humility is spell binding performance. With rare exception the calibre is quite low, they just replicate things and dedicate themselves as part of ritual, mostly emerging from entitled worldview they also see themselves as scientists, without even basic aptitude of inquisitiveness or the context. When the ISRO head is busy with voodoo act at Tirupathi before an important space mission, instead of being responsible to the situation, we know the extent of appalling degradation. It needs to be pointed out that since independence, with transfer of power, the squatter hold over Hinduism has been incrementally overwhelming. Till recently it was nod and wink with western sophistication now it is open and on your face squatter. The former therefore accuse the later of betrayal, of intolerance. The authority ordained and through hold over democratic process, money and the feudal nature of society had played to consolidate this power structure, cementing hold over democratic institutions, extending through market and entertainment. The egalitarian ways, quaint culture, have been consistently side lined. The degradation of democracy and consolidation of mediocrity has been the constant narration in the last many decades. Meanwhile the narration of progress is mostly hinged on replicating modernity through acquisitions and copying west facilitated by entitled ways, patronages, hereditary transactions and nepotism. These largely remains the framework for upper mobility, hence entrenched uncouthness and manipulations. The reason why Indian attempts mostly lack the depth, authenticity or requisite competence. The sheen is shallow and no amount of self-congratulation and patting oneself can improve these. Fortunately this society’s pit is not the reference there are some extremely smart and excellence driven frames that values rigour and is stridently scrutinised. The squatter nonsense cannot pass the crap test. It cannot even hide behind the garb of religion as it isn’t one nor can they mullah feed their way to enlightened values. Indian elite stands exposed as they cling on to their primitive identities simultaneously defending turfs of modernity. It’s a predicament that deserves no sympathy and indeed should be dealt with all righteous ferocity. No amount of intellectual posturing nor defecating arguments or felicity with words is going to help. Mishras and Chaudharis needs to pause and give a long look into the mirror, the blighted home truth that they seek to intellectualise, before they venture into another well-meaning moral hike.       

    

The squatter’s uncouthness spread through feudal leaders, elitist bureaucracy, confirmed by medieval judiciary.  Meanwhile these crude ways were mainstreamed by market instigated media hence becomes the mainstay of entertainment (this blogger suggests FTII should be privatised).  Deviant squatter culture and traditions were consolidated and mainstreamed as Hinduism and even ways of life. Since these were patently primitive the egalitarian nature and compassion driven values that resisted squatter’s deviance were appropriated to give a narration of moral consonance. The reason why even while they discuss science and rational ways, they just cannot stop showing signs of entitlement, the superior selves as carrier of grander tradition that no science can possibly even attempt to evaluate, indeed understand. Some kind of enigmatic access to mystical ways that the world will understand only in some later date. It is so pristine and pure, hence by extension themselves -an indication of self as possessor of superior knowledge that no science can reach or logic can pursue, it is ordained as special gift. Primitive squatter sometimes try Zen master ways, the obvious contemplative lack and practical deficiency makes it a hilarious effort. This blessed haughtiness is what defines this putrid pit. It predates and concludes all the worldviews in its condescending sweep, that includes science. Here a talk at Indian Science Congress on renewable energy, specifically gobar gas, ends with holy cow and a shloka, hence by implication a claim of greatness of prescient tradition that the speaker represents. Reality check here being gobar could be even be from buffaloes or organic waste, as also there is no shloka on gobar gas or that it is methane. A scientist should strictly avoid these references but then that is asking for bit too much. That in short are existential challenges faced by Indian scientist.

I was reading this brilliant book The Ascent of Man (by Jacob Bronowski), there is an interesting take on Art and Science, the cave paintings as 'power of anticipation', 'forward looking imagination', the ability to visualize future. I reckon this is beginning of great art of science fiction, that many a times preceded the actual invention. The reason why I am referring this book is the critical cultural foundation of giving primacy to ‘grasping the world by action’, hands being more important than eyes. These are not fickle foundation that ‘believed that the world has only to be seen and thought about –and who practiced no science’. This blogger thinks this is quite strongly linked to egalitarian ways and practices that becomes basis for ethical ways in society. “We are more than a symbolic accident in the evolution of man, that it is the hand that drives the subsequent evolution of brain. We find tools today made by man before he became man. Benjamin Franklin in 1771 called man ‘a tool making animal’, and that is right”. Interestingly steel was first invented in Indian subcontinent 10,000years back. It is a remarkable achievement, but as the squatter spread their tentacles these were reduced to degradation, shockingly blacksmith is seen as 'lowest' hence humiliated and exploited. While Japanese were able to take steel to high caliber weapon in an amazing amalgamation of art form and science: The samurai swords. The same was done by Chinese on bronze metal. Meanwhile Indian degradation was compelling, there were sparks of brilliance here and there, but these were despite squatters. The suffering and torment of mathematicians like Ramanjum is a clear reference that if he was born in some other society he would have contributed much more significantly and systematically. And yes there have been many like him in societies across the world the reason why Homo sapiens are able to land probe onto comet. So it is nothing unique to this part of the world as is being spread by squatter enthused as some kind of divine happening that only some have access to. Also one need to point out the brilliant loses over the centuries as primitive world spread. As Ramakrishna Venkataraman (scientist, Nobel laureate in Medicine, on his work on ribosomes) said in a talk, that I attended a month back, ‘observation has to go with speculation’. Unfortunately lacking observation skills speculation became basis of understanding in this part of the world. It gives an all-encompassing feeling of jagath guru to what is essentially a mediocre bunch of people enmeshed in primitive ways. It is a desperate attempt to bridge the entitled, the ordained selves, and the realities. In the last many centuries there were egalitarian spaces that resisted degradation of squatters, providing ethical context for common people. These have been significantly reduced in the last many decades as power structure gets consolidated and squatter worldview acquires primacy. It is a putrefying society that has achieved unique unity in diversity despite ‘different castes’. It is an amazing achievement; it should keep the world amused. 
                    

Post script: this blogger has nothing against cows, indeed loves them as much as I love dogs, cats or aquarium fishes, all animals, but squatters will not be allowed to weave their cunning little world of compassion.

Bull and Dog story: giving humanly attributes to animals would be anthropomorphizing them, but I really don’t know how to define these two. I have been observing them for about two years. They are mostly seen together. First I thought it was a coincidence but realised that there is something more to it. The bull may look intimidating but is gentle, sometimes even snooping into the house to get some grub. The dog meanwhile waits, acts as an escort, keep an eye on the bull, while the bull too sometimes looks out for the dog. The dog is different from other dogs around he has a distinct wolfish face and rarely interacts with other dogs. It’s an unlikely friendship that seems to be made out of choice as they both live on the streets, quite rare to see these two species get along like this.      

Major security lapse and lackadaisical ways

It is such a shock. They had all the intelligence (indeed it didn’t need much intelligence) and the all the time in the world, and still we have a case of few people crossing the border with all the ammunition of their choice and enter into, what is supposed to be high security zone –military base for god sake, as comfortably. So much money is going into defence, at the expense of other basic and pressing needs of the country, and this is what we get. Some unfortunate soldiers were caught off-guard in the mess, the Defence minister was quoted as saying ‘unlucky’. When will these politicians know to keep shut? And then we have a senior army officer getting killed trying to defuse a bomb, it is clear from the reports that procedures were not followed. Nobody should die like this, that too a senior officer wherein the country has invested so much. Meanwhile we also have stories wherein soldiers held their position despite being grievously injured, includes a soldier who won gold medal in Commonwealth games. A major tragedy was averted because of bravery of these soldiers. They were ‘unlucky’ because of amazing incompetence of policy makers. Hopefully the nation honours them with highest awards. In the meanwhile Defence Minister’s (more significantly NSA) position is untenable, it is a job that needs high level of responsibility, clarity of action and collaborative ways. What is shocking is that they haven’t evolved a mechanism to deal with these crucial situations.   

This blogger is amazed by the shoddiness exhibited in Pathankot terrorist attack, it is a typical concoction of pettiness of protecting the turf, ego, general incompetence and sycophancy to superior forces. That people’s lives come low on priority is a known matter but this level of ineptitude is beyond words. This blogger is not an admirer of Army, and considers it as only a regrettable need and feel sorry for the people who have to join these. Exaggeration in popular media for army or uniformed forces is understandable reflection of jingoism that feeds patriarchy and feudal values, quite common in primitive societies. Incidentally this is true for most part of the world, the reason why the world is the way it is. There are some people who are ready to give away life for fictional realities and society consolidates this deviance as heroism, it is important for survival of nation state. So while they divide land into nations and fiercely protect, the wily corporate dig the land and sell it wholesale, meanwhile property sharks deal the people into dreams while family members kill each other for inherited piece of land. So much so for human being, and the way they keep themselves busy! This blogger was always skeptical of values of valour emanating from this framework that the West tends to fall back to romanticize, the jingoism of force of good. There really aren’t any good guys in the war; it is a matter of geography. But yes people who put their life at risk should be adequately compensated; the state is duty-bound. Hence this blogger asserts that this nonsense of one rank one pension makes a joke of this reality. There really cannot be One Rank One Pension. No soldier of the same rank can be compensated equally. It has to be dependent on the risk they have faced and critical responsibilities held while the serving the nation. It is not the rank or position you hold that is important but what you do. For preordained primitive Indians these surely are not easy to comprehend. We have had ridiculous demand of retired generals’ cribbing that someone from lower rank shouldn’t get more!! They have quite clearly taken concept of rank into squatter’s framework hence this arrogance and sacrosanct nature of demands. This society has lots of problems and needs but despite these defence forces have been looked after fairly well. The other day CNR Rao was saying that the money for higher research in fundamental sciences is going to nuclear and defence. The amount of money spent is staggering, even here the indigenous efforts have always been constantly undermined by vested forces and manipulators. HAL is minor example, of what could be produced is imported while projects are scuttled, delayed…so much resources are lost while friends and relatives of powerful people turn arms dealers and facilitators, jobs that mediocre manipulative Indian elites are so much suited to. Though recently things are changing, but it’s a long way to go….

                     

Crusader for the oil

Why International Court of Justice is still silent on Tony Blair?

SC pitches in with 'age old' verbal chicanery

   Recently the SC added to the deviant narration, though it was hailed by clever media as “Appointment as priests can’t be denied on basis of caste, birth: SC” to showcase themselves as civilised people, but when you read through the fine line it is clear that this is a regressive verdict cloaked as it is in egalitarian intent while aggressively diluting the revolutionary zeal and fervour of social change by TN government in 1970s. Dravidian movement was probably one the very few genuine movement whose enlightened thoughts has been over the years appropriated and blunted by mediocrity justifying squatter’s way into complacency hence into another convenience to grab power in the template of feudal ways. The verdict states that “Appointment of 'Archakas' (temple priests) in Tamil Nadu as per the 'Agamas', treaties relating to its functioning, on Wednesday got the nod of Supreme Court which reiterated that any deviation from the age-old custom and usage would be an infringement of the freedom of religion”. Now we all know what age-old customs of this amazingly uncouth and primitive world is. Upholding these has quite clearly showcased the intent of Judges (whose credential can itself be questioned, given how tardy the legal system is, incompetence is self-evident. Oh yes contempt!!) Giving authenticity to some garbage (also referred to as “agama treatise”, the usage of word treatise is an attempt on giving this crap some civility I reckon) is where the SC has made fatal error of exhibiting itself enmeshed in squatter’s primitive world, indeed it is not surprising as we know their incompetence, acquiescing to elitist framework is how you work out the camaraderie and enhance career. There is ofcourse a world after retirement, and yes progenies have to be settled. Meanwhile verbal dexterity is evident as they try cover up their primitive ways, afterall we are supposed to be envy exuding democracy and this is 21st century!!. They add “...such appointment is not violative of the fundamental right to equality but the appointment of 'Archakas' should be in conformity with the Constitutional mandates and principles”. “…the exclusion of some and inclusion of a particular segment or denomination for appointment as 'Archakas' would not violate Article 14 (right to equality) so long such inclusion/ exclusion is not based on the criteria of caste, birth or any other Constitutionally unacceptable parameter”.  

Brilliant. You could always trust Judges with verbal jugglery and related chicanery. In simple terms it means that in the game of cannibals there is a rule, also treatise, that excludes section B, now SC agrees to this framework as it is ‘age old custom’, the context or intent of age old customs is none of SC business (clever people posit it as tolerance. Hence to meddle with this will be intolerance, the site of angst for liberal sickular elite). Meanwhile they assert that section B cannot be excluded if the age old custom doesn’t say so(?!!). Hence when you deviously put contradictory parameters to create confusion, you cleverly legitimate and illegitimate on the same go so that some egalitarianism percolates into primitiveness. It is a valiant effort by squatter enmeshed mylords. Meanwhile this confusion is used by the powerful devious people to control and perpetuate their worldview. This is an old game that gives semblance of democratic ways but in reality is degrading people. Very recently they handed over key, lock and barrel of Chidambaram temple to squatters, as part of “age old customs”. Ideally the age old customs should have been scrutinised on its human rights record, it will be clear that the custodians should not only be kept away but should be tried for perpetuation of gross violations and if they seek to make hereditary primitiveness and uncouth claims then they should be put behind bars. They can celebrate these vulgarities as culture and tradition in their little pits. The frogs can have their moments of exultation but outside the well it is going to be a different ball game, it is where the civilization begins. They will be scrutinised threadbare. I again call upon the international community to declare India as gross violator of human rights and casteism as worst form of violation, much worse than racism. The sickular primitive elite can con act the distraction of saving the mullah, the reality though is this is a diversion to hide the scrutiny on themselves. Meanwhile legitimatising mullah’s degradation also attempts at legitimising their own primitiveness. The more they seek to protect primitive ways of others (read feudal muslims) more they attempt at hallowed heights of tolerance, hence kindred souls for the world community, meanwhile very cleverly pass in their own degrading home truths as they usurp benefits.  You will notice that elite muslims (include feudal mullahs and hedonist liberals) are extremely sensitive to caste identities of elite hindus, hence assuage the egos of primitive Indian elite. This also fits into the narration of sickular elite keeping the hindus divided hence helping the mullah, hence sickularism, it’s a neat solidarity. It is the beginning of syncretic culture of a region that has appalling HDI index and disparities, and whose elites are known to be amazingly insular and insensitive brutes, devoid of basic decency or attributes of compassion and lacking any competence. Such nonviolence that it kills. Such harmonious peace that it scythe the soul out of any normal human being.

This blogger has enough evidence to prove that there is a very strong extra constitutional authority that functions quite viciously in the grapevine of camaraderie, in the sanctums of cash rich temples (very specifically the debauch’s at Tirupathi) that have overwhelming control over mainstream narration, and is indeed the site of nefarious understanding of powerful squatter ensconced elite. They may posit as political leaders of different parties, indeed loggerheads with each other (recently debauchery of Tirupathi was replicated in Delhi, juvenile and wasteful rituals that mocks at common people, ofcourse with a claim of ‘age old tradition’. All arranged in a sport stadium, in a country that has no use for sports and other exhibitions of competence. It is firmly on the narration of providence and miraculous happening. Kejriwal was seen stampeding with BJP and Congress leaders to get immediate blessings), market gurus, journalists, bureaucrats, corporate bosses, entertainers, judges, sickular intellectuals, feudal lords…so on but they all supplicate to this superior force. I am quite sure higher appointments and stimulus are very much influenced and encouraged by more than benign blessings from sanctum sanctorum. They may have differences but they patch it up for higher goals. It improves the chance of being President or Judges or could even smoothen relation soured by adverse public posturing (the devotion of Kasturi&Sons towards these debauchery has some compelling age old reasons and contemporary strategic alliance). It has the making of hand of destiny that blesses with untold good fortune as also severs brutally if erred. It is no surprise that Indian elite of all shades queue up to these ritual debaucheries in the garb of age old customs, they supplicate till it hurts. Meanwhile sickular liberal elite tug the tether occasionally as a matter of affection.

PS: …and yes to scrutinise these people who work on manipulation and deceits of camaraderie I had to keep myself unoccupied. The reason why common people are kept occupied in the daily drudgery and are also entertained. To add it needs sustained enquiry, being alert to happenings and nuances herein as also wide readings and understanding to get into the depth of Indian debauchery. There are personal tribulations but yes I am very much up for it. This is a long haul, and yes no mercy please.    

Making a spectacle of tragedy

‘Nirbhaya’ was a gruesome tragedy, that it took place in Delhi is what changed things. The complacent policy makers were awakened by startled self-obsessed media. These things are unfortunately ‘normal’ happenings in most part of the country over ages. It is also reflection on mediocre Congress leaders, ruling for last six decades, who eked on sycophancy and manipulations, that these feudal lords were out of touch with people’s concern is exhibited from ineffective law&order machinery and archaic laws that were essentially cut and paste job of colonial rules without any context or relevance. Meanwhile we have to watch legal luminaries of all shades pirouetting the power centers with faintest of bearings and slickest touch to reality.

In this high profile case of ‘Nirbhaya’ (revealed by parents as Ms Jyothi Singh. Sardesaiji’s**t channel was playing on caste reference in the name with gusto, wherein the mother didn’t carry this demeaning reference. They have been milking this in every possible way, asking sickeningly personal question as the camera close focus the face of the victim's family, in gleeful anticipation of tears. Sadnezz Sellz. Sardesai with his appalling anglicized hindi, as if nobody else is suitable for this job, using his personal reference to try to get his branding going -an art you learn from self-obsessed mediocre protagonists of Bollywood and cricket -calling them artists/sportsperson is a stretch) the parents are easy low hanging fruits for manipulators. The family involved in the tragedy should be now be concerned on how they are being used. It is amazing reality of this uncouth society. 

Jyothi Singh’s family should be very careful, they are unfortunate novice in the murky world of power brokers and brand positioners who swarm like vultures on any hint of tragedy. Yesterday CrudeWoman was seen positioning herself for better camera angle next to victim’s mother. She has been languishing in the sidelines for sometime now, I guess now the itch is unbearable, with power and clout evaporating she is zeroing on this one. Victims are generally unaware of these higher stakes games, indeed you could almost see CrudeWoman salivating. Beware, very soon she will push the victims out to grab the center stage, then it is furious brand packaging to stratosphere of celebrity activism and gourmet spread. Her PR (fed lusciously for last decade of unbridled power and nepotism) is working overtime on this. CrudeWoman is fighting her own grim battle, as they snarl and claw in the stampede of staying relevant. All for our sake, saviours of people. Meanwhile fixers later meet to check the performance and plan further action as camera is readied. CrudeWoman&fixers have cleverly worked out their rojiroti except that for people around it's going to be just roti while wily CrudeWoman is already aiming for bhatoore.

Generally victims of any tragedy have best of intention that this misfortune (in Indian context it is never about tardy system or irresponsible policy makers but misfortune/fate of people. Guess which section has this tilted against? It is emulation of squatter template) doesn’t happen to anyone, and they genuinely expect changes, sometimes as redemption, as restoring dignity to departed souls in an amazingly crude society. The mother/father have best of intentions and we admire them for their courage that they use their immense personal tribulations to set the tardy system right. The system with amazing legal luminaries sidestepping to grab every type of gain possible as sycophantic politicians wait for signals from unknowable above. Meanwhile Ms. Jyothi Singh’s parents should be careful that they are not used by vested interests. To start with, no sharing of dais, keep an eye on creeping small time celebrities from the sidelines. These creeps will tomorrow emerge from some gala events with enhanced brand value.

It’s unfortunate that the parents have to undergo this nonsense, ideally the system should have been compassionate, if not, realized the mistake/lacuna and rectified on its own. A juvenile cannot be considered a juvenile if the crime is of adult nature as also carries the awareness of consequence. Is that difficult to comprehend?

PS: **Henceforth scoundrels with regressive casteist references will be encapsulated (choicest invective added) with their degraded identity and added "ji". That is Gandhian way of dealing things, i guess (Visit me at www.depalans.blogspot.com to get the context on this). It is amazing that Indian elite is so disgustingly depraved. I am understanding their existential angst and consternation as the rug is pulled, all nakedness and depravity out in the open. The liberal high moral ground has hole bigger than all clan can fill in. No verbal dexterity is going to be of much help here. Now only the monarchy references of the West can save their entitled souls, the parity in unethical ways is an opening for Indian elite.       

PSZ: ZK says ‘budiya ka brandingz ab Vibhushan levelz ka ho gaya hai. Bohuth aage nikal gayi hai ye. Koi nahi rok sakta isko”. When asked about climate change ZK scowls "Carbonz footprintz ki ma ki ankh"...more on these hedonist's conspicuous consumption as they try save us. Some other time, believe me the degradation is breath taking. 

The ‘savage Arab’ narration

Comics are not quite innocent as it seems to be. There are racist references seen in Tintin, Herge was even accused of being a Nazi sympathiser. Indian mythology is full of regressiveness that is illustrated without much care as comics, unlike endearing Jatakas, these are much sinister. Even exquisite mangas are accused of being too sexualised. In short comics are hotbed of ideologies. Now ofcourse illustrations have become much serious and tackle grievous issues. But comics are primarily targeting children hence these blatant ethical transgression needs to be dealt severely. This blogger was seriously into comics, and didn’t think much while reading, enjoying the story and remarkable illustrations so on. I recall when I was in Chennai, after my college, I was quite hooked to Commondo comics. I got into understanding with a street book seller, who earnestly pursued these for me and lend it. Many times I used to finish it in the nearby tea shop so on, meanwhile I was in some sales job and these were during what was supposed to be ‘office time’, the manager used to give wtf look!! Never was much bothered. Anyway the point here is since I wasn’t much into thinking, or maybe not much aware, I used to consume these without much thought, as most people do. Recently I was reading Commondo comics, and amazingly I was appalled.     

These are really quite racist, and this random one I was reading had ‘savage arab’ narration, ironically the brutal colonial soldiers from Europe where seen as civilising force, so much so that the British soldier even sided with Nazi soldier to teach arab brutes lessons on civility. White men as superior with ‘inbred’ qualities while Arabs uncouth is the underlining theme (note the picture of the illustration herein and underlined sentences, indeed there is a blatant reference to “forces of Islam”, “unholy triumph” so on, hence European soldiers are crusaders. Grievously this only an example of single page taken randomly!!). Shouldn’t these be dealt severely? Wonder how these racist (in this case communal/degrading clichés) materials exist? You will find similar theme in many Hollywood movies, of course much subtler, white men with bigger guns saving the world for us, these cultural hegemony though cannot hide the realities. American soldiers are literally foot soldiers of arms dealers and oil barons. As someone was mentioning they wouldn't have attacked Iraq if it was about asparagus!!

It is in this context that another of my areas of interest, the science fiction stories, is increasingly being occupied by far right groups. I find that disturbing. Science fictions are amazing speculative brilliance, and who can forget Arthur Clarke, Asimov (despite his stupid joke books), Wells or Vernes. The recent trend towards white supremacist in science fiction is too pre modern frame to be taken seriously I guess. It falls in the general trend of postmodern identity angst, hence the revivalism. The grand conception of self as extension of faith/group/race is constant anchor for insecure souls in tachyon speed altering nano space in quantum craziness!!           

Inability to see humans

This fictional reality of religion has really gone too far and is quite clearly assuming a debilitating context. It is bringing in muck that is claimed as human rights almost always undermining humanity. India is a society that is increasingly hinged on regressiveness, immune to egalitarian ways or thoughts. It is a coalition of degeneration, the worst of religious ways are tolerated and this primitiveness is elevated as tolerance, as some kind of wonders of multicultural society. The cringe worthy acceptance of deviant ways is cleverly orchestrated by feudal patriarchy, the power brokers who are amazingly insular and intolerant to compassionate ways meanwhile firm grip on narration. The liberal is assorted by wanton hedonistic culture that craves for western pointers. Amazing degradation is testament to the mediocrity of Indian elite.

Few minutes back I was reading about ‘Gandhi and cow slaughter’, and how it is seen as divergent from Hindu fundamentalists (our historian was ecstatic about this and provided the link in his twitter, an article in Economic Times). There is a divergence alright but it is not on egalitarian framework nor is it enlightened thoughts that are expected from a ‘mahatma’. It is hinged on religious power structure and patriarchy as basis, most significantly it doesn’t see human being as humans but followers of some religion hence a sacrosanct reference. That surely is gandhian path which egalitarian tradition of this society have always resisted and have problems with. Gandhi was politician, hence assumes himself to represent hindus as such the assumption that cows are sacred to hindus hence not eaten. Firstly, Gandhi’s, or for that matter any elitist hindu's, feudal and sinister caste hinged claim on common people was never accepted, this biased narration was spread by powerful interest, a fallacy that hinduism was monolithic. Secondly, journey of cows as domestic animal to its status as sacred is rather torturous. This is an imposition on Hindus by squatter inspired clever ways, that expectantly Gandhi acquiescence to, indeed the sorry state of affairs could be traced to these paradoxes. The article states that “while Gandhi denied vehemently that he was trying to trade Hindu support for the Muslim’s Khilafat movement with Muslim support for Hindu cow-protection, he did admit that this would be an ideal example of both communities respecting each other’s interests”. The reality however was Khilafat did not represent common people (read muslims, if it works for you) nor was cow an issue with common people (read hindus, if it works for you). This “both communities respecting each other’s interests” is a clever feudal patriarchy consolidation, the egotism and arrogance herein and within this elitist coterie led to worst massacre of common people, to the horrendous reality of partition. Incidentally they commemorate and celebrate British Indian soldier’s sacrifices in “world wars” but no such luck for million who were sacrificed in partition not even a day of commemoration nor any memorial (I went to a shoddy room in Amritsar at jallianwala bagh). The complicity of mediocre Indian elite is evident; it’s the high moral ground that really baffles me.   

“Just as Shariat could not be imposed on non-Muslims, Hindu law could not be imposed on non-Hindus” says Gandhi, quite practical and spoken like a politician. The egalitarian context that he missed is that no unjust law can be applied to any human being anywhere, that includes shariat or indeed hindu laws (I wonder from where did he get the ideas on hindu laws? It isn’t surprising from the pits of unethical traditions and colonial laws expert lawyers emerged as freedom fighters, and so they rule the roost even now. The society with amazingly tardy legal system and uncouth social framework has astounding legal luminaries. This is indeed an incredible society!). In civilized world these kind of medieval practices will be questioned. Everything is open for scrutiny and religion is not at all sacrosanct, nor anyone born into a religion. This kind of classification of human beings is the worst violation of individual freedom and liberty.

It is in this context that this blogger is seriously concerned on learning that separate food is provided for school children belonging to a religion in Germany or the choices herein (this was quite proudly claimed by one Indian Muslim located in Germany, in Ravish kumar show). This is shocking. Schools must deem everyone as equal, and shouldn’t encourage prejudices and segregating food habits. Human beings are not born into any religion hence an egalitarian conception must insist on secular ways, therefore children shouldn’t be exposed to any discriminating or segregating ways. They should learn to live with others and eat all kinds of food that other eat and learn to share. There are millions of people (includes children) who don’t have much to eat, malnourishment is rampant across the world. Religious sensitivity is a fictional reality that shouldn’t be imposed on children.  

Most significantly, in context to Germany, the openness should not be misused by immigrants. Least that is expected from immigrants is to be accommodating and not to impose their worldviews. Unfortunately these are leading to increasing xenophobia in Europe. And I am concerned about Europe, indeed Germany, since these are the society that are vibrant and open, critical thinking and scientific temper thrive in these places. They value human liberty and equality. They are the one who holds the key for technological breakthrough that can save us from increasingly inclement conditions. These cannot come from fictional realities, therefore the overwhelming presence and increasing concerns for these is alarming.