The Pelosi problem

The Pelosi problem is an institutional problem. The variance of these you will find all across the world. Where the powerful entrenched group act as mediators of common people ticking all the boxes to posture as liberal, caring and value driven. They work on pointers to appear to be not only by the side of common people but also torchbearers of better egalitarian world.  They snarl at bigotry and extremism while showing well-rehearsed signs of being upset with human rights violations and abuse. They assume these with much self-obsessed relish without ever having to put their skin in any game. Now the problem starts when the reality start to strike and their cozy world is in line of attack. The benign mediators of institutions turn out to be well entrenched status quoists worrying about their little world into which they have stuffed their unsettling big egos. Very soon all the cunningness is shifted to protect their own turf, least bothered about paradoxical shifts or blatant hypocrisies. Such deviousness needs special attention and a deeper look. This becomes crucial as the world is shifting towards extreme views devoid of any facts or humane value system while religion, nation or other atavistic bonds are being used to segregate, brutalize and silence people. Myths of omnipotence of pristine past is played to allay fears as also pointing to glorious future from these regressive references. These are not surprisingly attracting a lot of people, hence a tilt in democracy towards demagogues, rabble rousers and revivalists. People are getting immensely insecure because of cascading urgencies, some exaggerations of media (it’s more psychological where people are constantly looking for excitement and are bombarded with information/titillation all the time hence lack deeper understanding. They move from moment to moment in high roller coaster leaving them frustrated and alienated from their reality. Never were humans exposed to so much that was devoid from their immediate needs of their existential reality or context), but most due to dwindling resources, degrading surroundings and constant exposure to rather violent, insular world with dire predictions.

The world of perceptions and exaggerations that market unleashed has been orchestrating the crescendos called news as entertainment. The unreal is becoming real. A semi-literate reality star is now a dangerous reality that is holding the most powerful office in the world. These are being nurtured and served all across the world as pointers of success and eminence. The crass and crude are attention holders hence eyeballs for money churning. Meanwhile people desperately seek sane options and resistance that put humane context in basic arbitration, but, alas, the traditional spaces are occupied by Pelosi problems. Pelosis are regrettable relics who live in sanitized bubble, senses dulled from the reality, pampered by power and luxury they have difficulty in letting go their easy ways. They seem delectably immune to the imminent disasters and grave concerns in their negotiated charms. They live in grand illusions of being ace negotiators and compelling raconteur wherein there is nobody to negotiate nor listen. They give the hint of old world order –the make believes of role plays and orchestrated outrages, in an increasingly chaotic world that is achievable if we rally around them. The reality they refuse to acknowledge is that the world has well moved past them and is heading to the precipice hence needs immediate intervention and appropriate actions. This vacuum is sought to be filled by street protests across the world. Many of these genuine voices and concerns are being silenced by entrenched powerful groups. There have been some breaches in recent times like brilliant articulate youngsters working against climate complacency. Meanwhile the manipulators work on fakes and myths to continue their onslaught on reality with market attuned skills to grab and capitalize on any opportunity with whatever means and wherewithal. This heuristic transactional market muck mind is what is Trump all about. Pelosi becomes a conduit and enthusiastic enabler who then cleverly positions to be compared as better. The problem is world doesn’t need better, or indeed best, they need leaders to understand, to take immediate appropriate actions and be acutely aware of gravity of fast changing and emerging realities.                 

Pretentious and sinister II

...continuing from the last blog...

The reference of Rana pratap is not to justify war or killing but needs to be added that in the context of the time these were necessity and a responsible society was expected to protect its members. Nor was this squatter ensconced nincompoop seeking higher ideals like say Ashoka (another of compelling reference from the subcontinent albeit more than 2000years back who understood egalitarian nuances that Buddhism proposed). He ran away because he saw that as an opportunity. These third rate opportunistic with limited skills, very much blessed and exaggerated by sanctum scums, created much misery to the common people and to the land. Later wily colonial british exploiters saw value in exaggerating these buffoons (so called royals –essentially parasites, all across this country instead of fighting and resisting the exploiters the sanctum blessed effete became conduit for exploitation. The much valued framework of licking the masters and brutalizing the weak that this depraved society expertise in). The British in the early part of colonial rule were appalled by the primitive nature of this cannibalistic society hence initiated egalitarian measures (imagine the level brutality this society carried that even colonial exploiters –themselves racist uncouths, found it disturbing) but later worked to encourage these. These wastrels were given titles and ego satisfying feudal droppings which they quite judiciously showcased as signs of valor. Meanwhile colonizers way of life was sought to be copied to get nuance of civilized. Such was the level of depravity. They even enthusiastically accompanied in hunting expedition, played sanitized game of effeminate (also referred to as gentleman’s game, that now has worked to trap the herds into patriotic chest thumping consumer wastrels). This society quite easily finds the worst possible references for the cunning effete to feel competent so as to carry the exploitation. The market has solved all the problems. It is end of history, atleast for a society that doesn’t have any value system to hinge on except ofcourse few plagiarized and appropriated ideas quoted in sanskrit, that indeed make the scene much ridiculous. 

The harm Britain has done on Indians goes much beyond colonial exploitation. They encouraged and nurtured the worst kind of people who ofcourse helped their cause quite well. The cannibalistic value system nurtured devious bunch who while fighting colonial masters were besotted to them and kept the increasingly exploited and haggard people under check. They shared while people died in millions due to starvation and exploitation, much more drifted into waste. The reason why casteist racist Gandhi becomes a compelling reference and was so assiduously promoted. These posers were imprisoned in palaces, while brilliant young men with amazing courage like Bhagat Singh (note again, he wasn't squatter infected) were not only eliminated but sought to be relegated from history of the independent nation by the very cunning force that worked its devious nonviolence as some festering wound for pity. The ones who couldn’t see the exploitation and misery around sought to study law and went to England (imagine the depravity here, wherein as young men of colonized brutalized society they sought to work out career that ostensibly oversaw exploitation. Well one can forgive if you are interested in science or math and do research immune to surrounding, that mindset is understandable. But working to be lawyer has everything to do with the society. What kind of horrendous people were these?). One sprightly fellow, characteristically immune to surroundings, even went to South Africa to set up a career as a lawyer in a racist colonized region (imagine the value system that nurtured these) and even sought to be treated as equal to exploiters while smirking at the common people! A knuckle on the head and the great realization was beginning of misery for common people back in India who henceforth had to carry this burden as mahatma. This framework is still quite active and eagerly sought wherein the fellow “leaving a cozy MNC company job” to serve the country is a compelling reference. Why they chose that job? This is not something to be scrutinized. If you are making money then it is obvious that you are blessed. What can you say when even sanctum is known for its money and power indeed these depravities is pushed down to common people wherein if you have money and power you needn’t even stand in queue to get blessing, meaning you could pay for the blessing by breaking the queue. That is good foundation to start with. Such is the amazingly degraded society we live in and what makes it nauseating is this constant itch of exaggerated self-worth and persistent attempts to play benign humble arbitrators of mystical forces in universe that is sought to be directed to save the world with all humility.

Meanwhile knowledge and intelligence of this beleaguered society is dumbed down to clearing exams (indeed some are even showcased as ‘toughest in the world’ while herds not exposed to much of the world live in pride of putrefying pit). From these emerge the bureaucrats ready to be shining intelligent cogs attuned to power and prestige in staid government machinery pursuing day to day inanities as remnant of greatness of colonial masters and ofcourse awe inspiring intelligence. What this society needs is a collector who collects garbage (particularly plastics) and teach some basic lesson on cleanliness on bunch who understands purity but have no idea of hygiene, it is also a compelling metaphor on the value system and mindset. What this society needs is not feudal ‘intelligent’ police (that in itself is an oxymoron) but teachers of high caliber. Indeed the money and prestige must go to this profession. But then when you have sanctum scums stampeding for money and power where is the value system?

This same very bureaucrats, the dimwit cogs masquerading as carrier of society’s collective intelligence, were not only conduit to exploitation but were very much an instrument of castetva forces to work out the nature of deep state and value system that percolated into the society. The degradation of last many decades can be traced to these instruments of control. Meanwhile some were so besotted to British that they migrated to London while some compromised state secrets and used corrupt means to settle their litters in Britain (and Europe). People migrate due to desperation but the one who migrated from India to Britain were mostly caste feudals seeking bigger blessings while gaining from the exploitative system. The litter now move around with enlarged pupil to stun fluffs. Many of these caste brutes have found gainful employment as high end human rights anguish savers, as also ready made victim gravy (the irony of it). Some even like to guide hapless Indians back home on value system, and with competence as English, the turn of sentence tend to excite lot in angst circle.                              

Pretentious and sinister

I really don’t watch much of Indian movies, least Hindi, unless there are some strong compelling reasons. The regional movies are in its own category redefining bad to worse (with rarest of rare exceptions like for instance this malayalam movie 'Virus' was well made), meanwhile Telugu makes earnest attempts to take it to next level of degradation (not surprising, the nearer you get to the richest sanctum the worst it will get). Having attended enough international film festival in my 20s it took me not much time to realize that Indians are third rate bunch who prey on emotions and cheap manipulation to work out art. They rarely have any understanding of excellence nor awareness of subtleties. Since most are brought up in these limited fare it not only makes it difficult to develop or appreciate subtle values or crave for finesse as happens in evolved society, but dangerously these occupy better part of mind during growing phase thus making it difficult to break the mold hence becomes reference for nostalgia, further pushing into deep pit of crudeness. Mainstream Indian art is too mediocre while the subaltern, that is expected to provide necessary balance, too pretentious. USA churns out Hollywood hash but some are worth the effort and they do have the caliber, as is the case in Europe, Japan, Iran so on, they have indie movies that opens up amazing new vista. Indians with its nepotistic values and nuances deeply entrenched in sanctum scum lacks in every front. They valiantly muster varying degree of mediocre affair (that ofcourse is hailed in the pit as “world’s greatest” even as world may not be even aware) with the specific intention to titillate and squeeze the herd–who lacking any context of excellence, brought up as they are in crass and crude, give reference to mainstream art which is then closely worked with market to the sacred act of selling, to convert audience into buyers, the reason for living. Loud and exaggerated this society uniquely lack subtle values. Even the so called classical, say carnatic, with few riveting references here and there these generally sound like donkey braying in heat and then, as is the nature, even this is deemed as exclusive and dealt in sperm play. Dance forms like bharatanatyam was uprooted from its original context and sanitized into cringe worthy robotic exercise while the contemporary expression is ‘bollywood dance’ that seeks people into neat rows and gyrate to crude ridiculous. Songs and dance that originate from deep roots of this diverse land is what carries the unbridled joy (that is dexterously plagiarized and degraded into mainstream through movies) while the amazing juxtaposition of colours is another expression that truly touches subtle core of the society.

Egalitarian expressions found space through Buddhism in amazing subtle art work of Ajantha Ellora while inculcating meditative inquisitive value system through teaching centres at Nalanda and Takshishila, later finding expression in bhakti movement but these were rarely mainstream incapacitated by sanctum squatter’s limited intellect and caliber that had seeped into society. These woeful lack were compensated through appropriation and plagiarizing. Now though the market capitalizes these by monetizing hence these blatant appropriation into mainstream, in the meantime there is also attempt to naturalize these into caste feudal traditions hence Indian tradition and culture. The ideas of contemplation and meditative expressions were explored by enlightened seers and saints which was further consolidated by Buddha into unique value system that crude nature of caste cannibalised feudal society found woefully inadequate to deal. These were therefore fiercely dealt. 

Decimation of egalitarian and enlightened value systems espoused by Buddhism as also negation of humanitarian stream through the Indian society -that attempted at moral foundation for centuries, as Indian subcontinent slipped into dark ages. Any value based attempts were persistently quashed by castetva forces by aligning with state power. They preyed on superstition and insecurities while cunningly posturing as arbitrators of divine will the reason why Indian kings and their army were bunch of nincompoops, incapacitated and wasted. While the society cannibalized itself waiting for intruders for redemption. The handful exception of Indian kings include Ranjit Singh, Tipu sultan etc. were immune from sanctum infection. Rana pratap –no maha please, ran from the field -with ostensible cunning reasoned as strategy, while controlling little piece of land, later died during hunting! While Tipu despite heavy odds and fervent suggestions to escape decided to fight to the last. There is a difference here that showcases lot about value system. Also, while Tipu fought colonial British, who were colonizing Indians, and took help of French –in the aftermath of French revolution that gave everlasting ideas of liberty and equality, the porcine incompetent kings of mysore were ready to feed on the left over of british in desperation to maintain their blessed lineage control. While Tipu died fighting british the cunning wodeyar built palatial residence for british –which are now regrettably heritage buildings that is seen as proud part of history! They regularly paid handsome ransom to british to maintain their status, not to forget squabbling for gun salute (such a bunch of nincompoops), ofcourse all these collected by exploiting common people and the land. Such is the caliber of this beleaguered society that some try to trace as legacy handed over through miracle sperm –authenticated through scrotum scratcher’s zeal.

So, I happened to watch this movie (Article 15) the other day. This pretentious movie is another vain, indeed devious, attempt to disentangle the caste putrefied pit into acceptable narration and serve it to herd to squeeze some money. Indians are quite incapable to handle these, they lack the caliber, intellectual honesty and most importantly empathy -that is devoid of manipulative sentiment meant to work out devious narrations. Its a sinister attempt at using pointers to question casteism and then turn it around to normalize and trivialize it. Some scenes though were well done like the horrifying image of rape victims hung on tree shot through fog, it had quality of riveting horror (most likely inspired from Baduan rape case -in picture here). British created the bureaucrats to streamline the exploitation. The exploitative hierarchical structure with immense power was something cannibalistic castetva took natural liking to. Hence it was continued, with almost same value system, while devious Indians besotted to colonial exploiters posed these as agents of change meanwhile carried their nefarious corrupt ways and further degraded the society. They also simultaneously dumbed down the idea of education while attributing inane professions of bureaucrat as markers of intelligence. All the indicators of HDI and deviant value system can be traced to this craze for power and prestige. Qualified professionals compete for these as if waiting for redemption as glittering cogs in staid government machinery. Primitive society immediately claimed this as blessing. Even gandhi’s litter (given all the options he had in the world) took into bureaucracy and not quite coincidently placed in TN. With despicable Rajagopalachari (cunning fellow posed as freedom fighter but was trusted more by colonial british than indians!! Such was the level of depravity) at helm these went on to dismantle egalitarian attempts of Dravidian justice movement and cleverly turned the society into caste conundrum, while third rate corrupt politicians did the rest. Art expressions through movies promoted by castetva seeped in deeply disturbing value system thus further demeaning humanitarian attempts. Finally ending with MGR manipulating mass support at the top. The society now finds incapacitated to deal with natural calamities. With dwindling resources and natural disasters at the door the community that is so primitive that it is not even able to define as basic as a term ‘community’ will surely end up cannibalizing while the cunning usurp and move on. Meanwhile gandhi’s litter had uncommon luck –that no ordinary bureaucrat is presented with, he humbly eased himself into plum positions one after another that can only be due to miracles of sperm. It is also amply clear from the pretentious columns he writes that he is manipulative, and that living with immense opportunities and being exposed to amazing diversities across the world has not impacted his mindset.  

It is not at all a surprise that castetva were besotted to clever Gandhi since he provided the escape plan –to be caste cannibal but still claim highest moral ground, no wonder the clever fellow was elevated and pushed onto hapless people as mahatma. African countries, like Ghana, must take steps to dismantle this fellow. There should be no positive reference of Gandhi nor pointers of any reverence context anywhere in Africa. That is the next urgent step in the effort to dismantle caste.

In any society where hundreds of children regularly die, that too in a particular region, would be cause of grave concern. This argument of litchi as culprit sounds laughable. I heard that when I was in delhi (almost 20years ago, so imagine these deaths are happening for decades) and avoided it henceforth. The logic given at that time was that this fruit was washed in dirty water that seeps into the flesh of the fruit. That they are not able to pin point exact reason and find remedy for this long shows the value system that is incapable to prioritize as also caliber at work. Also, understanding that this is recurring the administration could have atleast worked to provide necessary infrastructure to deal with tragedy. Even that was not attempted. Bihar is a caste cannibals putrid pit (sadly this was much enlightened land 2000years ago when Buddhism took its root, see what the castetva have reduced it to) that languishes at the bottom of HDI –arguably the worst in the world, and will always find its putrefying base. The tragedies of hapless people are dismissed as fate. Malaria killed hundreds and thousands of people in this region for thousands of years yet they could not find a cure. There is no vaccine against malaria yet. If it was happening in some other society they would have taken it as utmost priority. Even the research on cause of malaria to mosquitoes (specifically anopheles female) was done by British doctor Ronald Ross working in India. Even the cure to malaria was done through Chinese traditional medicine (artemisinin by Tu Youyou). So where are the Indians? Pretentious and always carrying highest estimate of themselves as overseer of the world without even minimum caliber as much as to even define community! These lackadaisical attitude towards common people’s plight has definite pattern and that can be easily be traced to moral vacuum of sanctum and devious casteist gandhians who control the narration hence the value system and priorities.      

                                              

Degrading young minds, the threat of devious minoritarianism

In a degraded society every innovation will nurture manipulative space every benign effort will find its starkest denominator. Mid-day meal was such an innovative benign scheme that now scraps the worst of possibilities. The intention was to provide essential nutrition to children, in a society that has rampant malnutrition, as also to prevent school dropout. Food is a compelling incentive in poverty ridden society. India languishes at the bottom of social indices, much lower than many poorest exploited countries and war torn horrendous places on earth. These are not accidental, nor is it fate as being cleverly posited. It’s an indication of much deeper malaise of a primitive society. India also is home to amazing biodiversity that is being wantonly exploited. It lacks caliber to be the guardian of such bountiful legacy, to inform people, create awareness and learn about these. It is stuck in some entitled boogey land with appropriated and plagiarized concepts coded in sanskrit that is showcased as indication of high bearing which when meets the reality creates hilarious irony. ‘Wildlife’ related program are mostly by white men with repeated focus on big mammals or few reptiles, specifically crocodiles and snakes, theatrics taken out of context from the ecosystem to gladiator ogling. What makes it worse is anthropomorphized narrations with misogynist intent.   

Midday meal in schools is also intended to create inclusive value system in a society that is known for its primitive ways that originates from depraved sanctum into patriarchal family unit. It is expected to empathize with eating habit context and care for each child’s self-belief. If any change is suggested or if standardized norms is imposed against the majority then it must fulfill logical scrutiny. It just cannot be based on value system, considering that this society is too unevolved and has horrendous past. So when Akshyapatra (a high end NGO providing midday meal for children in govt schools in many states) imposes its value system through food habit on to young minds it is a serious concern. These should have been handled at the outset (this blogger pointed it out few years back) and if the NGO concerned doesn’t change its stand then it should be blacklisted. Akshyapatra prides itself for hygiene standards and efficiency, it is unfortunate that these should have been handled by the State and community while an NGO preens meanwhile cunningly imposes its dubious will. There can be debate on Non vegetarian food option, vegetarian, indeed vegan, is quite logical evolved choice that children need to be aware of. But we need also keep in mind the level of abject malnutrition and poverty, and more significantly the degradation through purity of vegetarian cannibalism that is sought to be pushed in. There is no denying that boiled eggs must be part of midday meal scheme (handling, preparation and nutritional needs fulfills the criteria quite well). Anyone against this is peddling sanctum scum’s value system at the expense of life and wellbeing of common people.

The high end NGO (run by market fed branded technocrats and purity seeking investors) nurtured by state is playing a horrible joke on the misery of common people. The food distributed by them doesn’t contain garlic and onion, it seems these are considered impure. I had a peculiar incidence of IIT professor elaborating these to me in detail few years back! Meanwhile during lunch he asked about the ingredients to the hapless serving boy, on being told about onion and garlic he visibly winced and refused to eat. Such rudeness (that too in the presence of people who are consuming the same food) can only be explained through uncouthness of entitled sanctum that has severely degraded the society. That he happened to be a teacher at IIT Delhi makes it worst, and an assertion to the primitive nature of the society that is way too entrenched, and is being nurtured by deep state. Obviously this buffoon’s contribution in technology can only be limiting, not to speak of his worth as a teacher. Onion and garlic are important ingredients of food prepared by common people in almost all home across the country. Indeed one see many times poor people (like laborers, rickshaw pullers or in crowded trains) eating roti with raw onions. Onion is ubiquitous with Indian food preparation and as a salad is the first thing offered in lower end hotels. The price of onion is even manipulated to decide the fate of elections. So to classify onion and garlic as impure and not worth to be consumed is seriously problematic. And understanding the context of this primitive society it is no doubt a crime. It also is meant to degrade the mindset of children of poorer, marginal and exploited sections (the target of spreading purity in the garb of hygienic food) in a society that is tenuously hinged to any egalitarian value system or humanistic considerations. If children are being fed, or even hinted, with the notion that what they eat at home is impure (one can initiate reducing meat diet or vegan as ethical personal choice and the logics at work), or that it lacks, it is an attempt at dehumanizing the child from his/her nurturing space, loved ones and is indeed blocking the empathetic value system. It is a sinister attempt at not only isolating the child from the surrounding but also poisoning his/her reasoning faculty and mindset (that is meant to be inquisitive, accommodative and open to learn) while entrenching into dubious value system that can only degrade and spread misery. As it is the mediocres nurtured by casteist feudal uncouth deep state has put english into primacy, and with it syllabus that rarely reflects the surrounding hence amazing level of mediocrity that seeks education to sniff money as final outcome of blessing.

AkshayaPatra has no business to serve food to children under midday meal scheme. They can set up their purity shop somewhere else to earn punya. There is no reason why AkshyaPatra should not be blacklisted.                              

Well done madam

KK Shailaja, the Health minister of Kerala, is arguably a competent minister who has proved herself not once but twice as the panic driven society (densely populated and literate -hence quite aware and inquisitive) was on edge as nipah virus reared its head. Excellent work madam.  

A dangerous scoundrel

This scoundrel is most dangerous man on the earth right now. Encouraged by Orange Puffball –who in turn was placed by the ecosystem created through market media exaggeration, manipulation and perception that is causing havoc around the world. What they do in gun toting pro life hell holes of US is a concern but bringing it (essentially white supremacist christian hash) outside US will have to be dealt. This is a threat to humanity. More than 15years back they did the same on Iraq despite severe criticism from around the world. They killed and maimed hundreds and thousands of innocent people based on fiction (for which market media played a significant part), severely destabilizing the region, meanwhile war criminals still roam around with impunity. The war mongering US industry is seeking profit over life and sanity. These dangerous moves against Iran must be stopped.        

Phir ek baar Modi sarkaar!

If this is the trend then next time they can go for: Ab ki baar charso paar!

Today is World Biodiversity day

Puss is out

Indian news channels across the board, around the country, are oozing puss in the last few days with all kinds of mediocres and chatterbox buffoons, like maggots eating rotting flesh, converging to '

analyse' the exit poll (?!). Experts in inanities, bullshit vendors and repetitive ritualistic blabber mouths...all bring their handful puss from putrid pits as opinion with specific aim to degrade and negate common people's sensibilities and intelligence. And manipulate as arbitrators with absolutely no skills, caliber or intelligence but high on entitlements as incredible experts (they also come as political analyst/even political scientist?! The sickness has many euphemism) meanwhile the another bunch work to sniff opportunities for market to barge in to grab with knickknacks and lollipops to make the life better using indian understanding of artists and sportpersons all specifically ordered and fed to amass money and be role models to eager juveniles fattening as mindless couch potatoes in ever increasing blessedness. Pity this nation. Pity this society. And this is what great humans strove for ages to unravel forces of nature and create wonderful technologies so that we can experience reality better, have incisive understanding on true nature of things? Atleast provide an occasion to listen to views of amazing evolved minds, instead of cheapskate manipulators who have views on anything and everything, as if specially blessed. Indians don't measure up at all. What a shoddy bunch. Crass and uncouth, as is the nature of deep state. For Indians every occasion is an occasion to touch the base, and take everything down with it into the putrefying pit, whether wonder of democracy or incredible potential of technology. 

Urgent need to halt incursions of regressive systems

Continuing with article below...

These examples shows the level of mediocrity of Indian media and the devious opportunists who control these. Such is the obsequious connection to colonial masters that they constantly have the urge for authentication from white man eking in london dustbin. These media houses are not only incompetent but have absolutely no connection to any truth nor are concerned about any indian reality except posturing for benefits, or most importantly hinging to beneficial narrations for bigger gains. The embryonic connection with british fluffs is also to be noted for english as defining factor for arbitration even if it misses the point of what is being pushed in, so is the fact that they really don’t have any worthy columnists, except brands. It doesn’t matter though as not many read these. Large content reading has seen a massive drop in recent times as people have many outlets to choose from and their attention span is now reduced to tree dwelling species. This therefore is the echo chamber of despicable elite that one has the occasion to peek.

Today I was reading one pravasi bharat posturer in the same newspaper (always make sure to return the newspaper to seller, deny even a single penny to them). While writing on Islamophobia (a touchy subject for cunning manipulators, since they are confused in the fast changing dynamics as to where the lick is) he very confidently asserts that “…Any perusal of Islam, by laymen, by theologians, by scholars and renowned Imams will prove that the religion does not, in any interpretation, instruct people to tie explosives to themselves and kill innocent people. Neither does any interpretation of the Quran or the Hadith justify driving vans into people walking on the pavements of Westminster Bridge. These are far-fetched willful medieval interpretations unacceptable to most Muslims in the contemporary world…”. These kind of statements will definitely get him admirers in the ecosystem that is being nurtured wherein religion is being positioned as benign force. This is serious matter and shouldn’t be allowed to be passed into mainstream by these devious anglers without scrutiny. Religion is without any exception segregatory and works against creation of free community with thinking contemplative individuals connected to realities and fickleness of forces of nature and are ready to face emerging challenges and opportunities. Religion not only produces unthinking followers but opens space for exploitation and brutalities as also takes humans away from the exciting realities and contemplative possibilities to replace it with grand fictions that further alienates humans. The delirious effects of these delusions we are seeing all around us and persistently worked to diminish our reality. Every religion has provided space for violence in varying degree and islam is definitely not an exception (there are enough mentions in ‘holy books’ that points to acceptance of violence, however benignly one may try to interpret, indeed, why should one work to interpret? Why aren’t these in simple unequivocal language if it is meant to spiritually guide humans?). Significantly, if the society is ready to accept something written few centuries back as ultimate truth, and is incapable to factor in evolving understandings, ideas and evolution of societies all through the ages then there is something seriously wrong. It is a serious incursion into humanity and progressive value system on which human rights are hinged on. It is an assault on intellect and insult on basic intelligence of individuals and common sense. It is a deep gash on empathy and tolerance, and this is precisely what religion is pushing in (and in its perversity claiming to be victim of the same). 

This has to be understood, and it is about time to turn the table on religion as to why is that it segregates and is incapable to accept its fallacies and limitation, and be humble to the human predicament? Also, why is it exciting reactionary forces and regressive value system across the world? This denial of abortion in a US state has everything to do with religion. The oft repeated excuse of it being wrongly interpreted doesn’t rub any more we have well past it. If it is interpretable then the religion is at fault for allowing it to be interpreted. The onus is very much on the religion. There is absolutely no reason to see religion as benign force, indeed it need to be put in strident scrutiny on every available occasion. Not an inch of hard earned space for empathy and individual liberty must be acceded. History is witness to amazing level of atrocities in the name of religion as also inspired by religions, this framework have always been against progressive ideas –the same that nurtured value system encouraging critical faculty of questioning, doubting and inquiring that has led to spectacular understanding of forces of nature and development of modern amenities.  

It is about time religions are opened to strident critical scrutiny, instead to being treated as sacred and outside the realm of inquiry or criticism. Religion is churning lots of BS and misery, and it is increasingly clear that it is not part of the solution but is here to accentuate problems while dehumanizing and keeping ordinary people in juvenile mindset that is easy to be exploited. It is therefore unfortunate that Britain is moving towards recognizing islam on par with race, hence in a strange appalling travesty, racism as islamophobia. Britain has been seriously compromised, and the wave of rise of reactionary forces across West can be quite easily be traced to spread of these insular regressive value system which is sought to be protected in the garb of religion. And the pretentious fattened fluffs trying to hide their hypocrisies and hedonistic lifestyle, add to it the angst of colonial exploitation, have turned them into pliable patronizers who are ever ready to lower the benchmark of human dealings (so much so that monster mullahs thrive with all comfort taken care). Britain, specifically, has created more misery to the world than any other country. It’s about time that international community take note of this. This woman “baroness” (look at the irony) Sayeeda Warsi is dangerous and is in the same league as Nigel farage, Marine le pen, Geert Wilders…She shouldn’t be allowed to play the Muslim angst (a religion which definitely needs to reform, it has become a burden on common people and evolved sensibilities). There is no denying that there is rise of racism, but it should be dealt separately and shouldn’t be allowed to mix with religion and create this devious excuse for serious encroachments. 

 Religion is a subjective reality, unlike race or gender (this too is becoming quite fluid, one hopes even race becomes immaterial as societies evolve), the attempts to solidify it as objective need be fiercely resisted. This regressive anachronistic presence shouldn’t be allowed the prominence in human dealing that it seeks, and must be firmly put in its place. Meanwhile attack and abuse on individuals pursuing their faith must be dealt as law and order issue, and not as a systemic problem since the system in itself is under scrutiny and surely has dubious juvenile value context. Attack on individual is different from attack on faith. Individual is real while faith is part of a system that isn’t real, a human conception, hence cannot carry the same gravity nor it should ever. Systems will have to fulfill the needs to protect human rights and individual liberty as also evolve with the logics and awareness of the realities, empathizing with the predicaments.

If common people are moving towards xenophobic right, that too in societies that is deemed to be progressive, where citizen are known to be more open minded and empathetic to varying viewpoints, and have vibrant democratic institutions, then the religion concerned must be put into scrutiny. Nothing is sacrosanct and to be accepted as if ordained, least a religion. Take for instance the recent protest by parents against egalitarian teaching in schools (found as age appropriate and valuable by experts) for inclusive society on the ground that it goes against their religion. This is significant pointer to understand what we face and how it is eating into the society. As it is humane space in the world is reducing (by the onslaught of religion and capitalism greed poison). Hence it becomes urgent that religion shouldn’t be allowed any space to intrude into egalitarian value system. There must be increase in phobia against system that restrict and restrain humanity, undermines human values, dignity and liberty, which seeks to bludgeon humans into unthinking followers whose critical faculties are systematically weakened. There must be religiophobia. There must be islamophobia. There must be hinduphobia. Religions must be critically examined and stridently opposed wherever and whenever it encroaches on human rights and poses as benign presence on the misery of people. Religion is a threat hence it cannot play victim. Individuals can be victims, this can be dealt on case by case basis with the rule of law taking extra care that regressive value system is not normalized or accepted in any form.  

These attempts to mainstream regressive frameworks in the guise of faith and capitalizing on angst of common people is a serious incursion on basic human rights. Values associated with liberty and equality are hard won with lots of sacrifice by remarkable people that helped in civilizing human societies and giving hope to each individual. These values have always been persistently threatened by powerful entrenched groups and regressive value system that always find easy alibi in religion (which ofcourse presents itself as such, it is indeed futile to find otherwise from something that was written many centuries back working on entirely different context and space, the brutalities and insecurities). As it is these hard won values that assures humanity a space to exist is tenuous and on ever shrinking grounds in most societies. Britain must take responsibility against these serious incursions. History will never forgive, nor will the future generations.               

When the celebration lacks subtleties

I had not a very pleasant occasion to witness Thrissur pooram, tagged as world’s wonder by the incorrigible sickness of exaggeration that is quite common with bunch that claim capacity to commune with forces of universe at the shortest notice. Though I must add in my favor that I left the celebration of vulgarism at the earliest possible occasion. Anything that emerges from sanctum squatter’s frame will have to have value system hinging on crude that so effortlessly percolates into herd population –who give clear indication that literacy cannot really become education and that these are eons away from any hint of wisdom. So much crowd (but kerala crowd are much better than the crowd I have witnessed across the country –that has no shortage of people for any occasion except ofcourse when quality and excellence is on display, who always have potential to become mob) and high decibel noise, add to it the sultry humid weather that you are not at all in the mood for celebration, it surely gets nauseating. But Indian crowd are sturdier lot, trained from childhood to resign to fate, of waiting and longer queues that adds up to nothing while the cleverer adept in bypassing these, then there are stampede, pushing and jostling that adds to critical ingredient of chance, these then are to be taken as normal while they get trained to carry eternal optimism in a fatalistic sense having experienced the worst that is to offer on daily basis in their public dealings. What is surely at display is not subtleties but orchestrated vulgar control and dominance. The teeming crowd (mostly boisterous young male) are taken for granted as facilities provided are rudimentary and careless, crowd management is almost nonexistent except that people are contained in cordoned spaces (they wait for major tragedy to get attention till then its about fate). The control is also on display through elephants. It is quite saddening to see rows of caparisoned elephants, 40-50 of them participating in day long activity in batches, standing to the noisy fare adorned in heavy metal and chained in hot sun while humans display glittering colorful umbrellas over them. These juvenile exhibitions are much appreciated by the crowd and indeed is the highlight. 

High decibel celebration and showcasing infantile grandeur is the norm in this part the world. The framework is always to awe strike rather than any hint of deeper appreciation or contemplation, it hinges on tawdry as culture. These have been frozen in time, elevated as tradition, while repeated every year without any creative additions or taking in the dynamics and understanding of the age. It is common feature of religion related nonsense that they are incapable to evolve, tends to get trapped in some dark age medieval matrix though show no qualms in using modern gadgets (ofcourse seen as blessing and not amazing efforts, ideas and value system working behind these inventions and innovations).  As it is these are elaborate rituals that is meant to create unthinking herds out of humans (the defining characteristics of sanctum) as everything gets reduced to in this miserable society, even something with immense possibilities and as enlightening as education. These when it gets into Indian reality finds it mediocre base while blessed Indians celebrate success in drab and inane (indeed useless indicator as marks/records) as achievement. The reason why Indians don’t match the rigors and challenges of reality, hence quite successful as replicators, indeed humble and enthusiastic replicators like jovial hamsters in a running mill. Ofcourse there are occasions of incremental thinking as also replicating with cheaper option these then are genius of this wanting society. They happily exist in the mirage of entitlement and blessed greatness. Hence everything has to be dumbed for them to showcase their achievements since in exacting standards they woefully lack. Education as scoring marks is intelligence (hapless children are earliest victims into the norms of the primitive society), clearing entrance exam that may have nothing to do with inclination, like say, IIT (indeed the struggle is for the brand!) or field of study MBA or career that has nothing to do with relevance -power desiring feudal jobs-IAS/IPS/IRS etc. seen as blessing for higher purpose in life! Education is specifically meant to multiply money, acquire power and influence, these then are cleverly worked out to exhibit blessing. Art is dumbed down to amazingly mediocre and pandering affair while exhibitors are referred to as artists. Sports, as game of wastrel’s cricket, specifically meant to trap common people into self-defeating ludicrous nonsense. The common thread here is to keep any attempts to the lowest denominator so as to manipulate as also means to control fate hence firmer grip on narration, since anyone with some basic skills can be very easily be exaggerated as artist or sportsperson while in reality Indian sports and art scene is woefully lacking. This template is attempted into every aspect. Look at the standard of journalism, quality of engineers, priorities of doctors or even as critical function as being a teacher (arguably attracting the worst of its kind, these representing values of putrid pit makes it sinister). Indian scientist is an oxymoron while exceptions are despite. It is such a shame. What really gets me is this constant rant of being specially blessed while neck deep in putrefying muck. The audacity of it. The mainstream that is institutionalized through state power in the last many decades is amazingly rotten infecting even the subaltern enlightening peripheral thus quality becomes increasingly rare and rarer while values are compromised for easy gain, meanwhile the mass is kept constantly mesmerized in self-consuming mirage. As the society scraps the bottom market becomes the key arbitrator. Sanctum entrapment strategies gets polished into GDP aspirations as artists and sportsperson set out on original intent of catching eyeballs and sell knickknacks, jovially exchanging careers and denominatored skills. They could do anything, ofcourse limited by their own limitation than lack of trying. It is in this melee providence and good fortune finds easy traction as these mediocres become devious tool to manipulate the miserable audience into pliable excited people –who are consistently exposed to cheap vulgar mediocrities that it becomes their benchmark of dealings. Lacking any discerning skills they hold the sacred belief, very much orchestrated by cunning arbitrators, that putrid pit is specially designed grandness. 

Stuck in time warp the herd replicate tradition into celebration, then there is compelling narration of nostalgia. The worst aspect of these festivities is use of firecrackers that causes amazing levels of noise and air pollution, a responsible society would scale these down and when it is in the name of religion it is crude, shows the level of depravity and incapacity to provide enlightened empathy driven path to society. Atleast show some concern for ‘ambala prav’ instead of restricting it as motif for songs. These few minutes’ cringe worthy godly entertainments is so very common place and stale while keeps herd populace in trance, entrapped as they are in lowest expectation and least awareness.  Many societies across the world from London to Sydney to Beijing invite New Year thus. What kind of people are these? They are incapable to evolve with time nor have the caliber for it indeed have any concern. What is shocking in this society is that they are the arbitrators of moral bearings. This ‘world famous’ celebration at Thrissur has everything from animal abuse to environment pollution to patriarchy –lack of women in the celebration ritual is striking, lacking any innovation hence staid affair replicated year after year that keeps increasing burden on society while showcasing warped value system. Though obnoxiously loud the percussion rendition (chenda vadyam) slowly grows onto you and stays forever, and being exposed to these from early childhood it has pointers that excites senses and can have a profound impact if experienced in leisure. That is the only possibility in this crowded loud and messy fare on a muddy day that one can very tenuously connect with, ofcourse the colors too are mesmerizing.           

While staying in literate putrid pit the angst positioning news outlet run by castetva have been expressing anguish against hindutva at every conceivable occasion meanwhile dexterously promoting caste agenda. So nurturing high posturing casteist columnist comes natural as also align with the deep nature of disgusting society thus exciting opportunist marketeer to sponsor. The article titled “A paralysis of thought is marginalizing Left” by casteist essentially mediocre columnist with exaggerated self-worth, and as expected easily slips into pontification. Apart from juvenile views she writes “…the party in kerala is energetic, popular and successful, even after it was involved in a fight that was dangerous enough to derail its politics, because it plunged the CPI(M) into confrontation over religious practice and change over Sabarimala issue”. This Bengali woman clearly fed on the hypocritical elitist narration of Bengal commies and very possibly fed on british fluff's angst posturing (that has fed commies into oblivion in Bengal) doesn’t know that fighting demeaning rituals and resisting despicable religious practices is how Kerala communism grew and gained acceptance among common people unlike Bengal commies who ensconced to putrid pit, associating with british hypocritical values and fooling common people. Liberal posturing craps like this woman must be given a short course on kerala history. Ofcourse kerala communists will have to pay for hypocrisies in other matters as also blatant violence unleashed meanwhile castetva congress hypocrisies are being persistently encashed by hypocrisy ridden hindutva. Phew. The despicable politicians aptly representing equally regrettable population.   

Another defining characteristic of castetva posturing -as savior of beleaguered minority, as they scoop up gravy while anchoring hedonistic bearing and wanton lifestyle was on display when an intellectually challenged british columnist was given space in this same pretentious media outlet not ironically on the same page. This fellow worked out to even question UN report on species extinction. He seems to singularly incapable to understand dire projections and logical extension into future (while IUCN is credible fact on these matter, indeed IUCN need to update now on much regular basis) as various data points to serious problems. Lacking knowledge is bliss but not spreading this lack, and what to say about mediocre Indians who promote this here in Indian newspaper... May i suggest this buffoon to pick up 'The Sixth Extinction' (by Elizabeth Kolbert) as a starter. He concludes his con work column “No doubt our ‘way of life’ does pose a threat to some species, even if it’s not as many as the climate alarmist say…” Our British man (these morons do get heavily paid) –incidentally a well placed white man -so very uncommon(!!), is posturing as entitled sane voice (like caste gandhi was while dealing egalitarian anti-caste ideas). These people are fed and fattened by the system. Beware of these posturers. We need to seek their carbon footprint.                 

CO2 has crossed 415ppm

Nautilus paradigm in mass extinction

This is Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius), a cephalopod that evolved around 500million years ago, it has therefore seen all the major extinction events that wiped out 99% of species ever lived. This living fossil is a remarkable success story that oversaw billions of species vanishing around it over millions of years of earth’s tumultuous and violent history. Starting with major extinction event around 444million years ago; the End Ordovician extinction that wiped out 86% of species which bloomed during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. The biodiversification unfortunately led to too much CO2 accumulation over millions of years, that eventually caused glaciation. Life had not evolved onto land hence the extinction was confined to ocean. Nautilus survived this first big extinction event. Next was Late Devonian extinction that happened around 365million years ago again in Paleozoic era that took away 70% to 80% of species, caused by culmination of series of events over millions of years but mainly due to drastic drop in O2 in Devonian ocean because of sedimentation. It needs to be pointed out that life had moved to land to create first terrestrial ecosystem consisting of trees and tetrapods, these terrestrial ecosystem within few million years developed into carboniferous forest. At this geological time scale landmass of earth had coalesced into supercontinent Pangea (meaning all lands). The ocean moisture did not reach the interior of pangea, there was severe drop of humidity and temperature which led to dying of carboniferous trees. Next big extinction event was one of the catastrophic occurrence that very nearly wiped out life from earth.  The End Permian extinction event happened about 250million years ago. Geological evidence through Siberian traps points to massive volcanic event that went on for millions of years, covering the basalt lava to a landmass as large as America in a mile deep, this activated a cycle of acid rain and huge amount of CO2 into the atmosphere, the situation was made much dire by methane hydrates that accelerated into runway greenhouse, increasing the temperature by as much as 10degress Celsius, wiping out a staggering 96% of species. Nautilus survived this one too, and it need to be noted that all the species, including Homo sapiens, that survive today are from the evolution of this 4% left over species. About 50million later another major extinction event referred to as Late Triassic extinction wiped off 76% of all marine and terrestrial species. The exact reasons are not yet confirmed but seems to culmination of series of unfortunate events of glaciation, volcanoes and possibly asteroids. Ofcourse this event has reference in popular imagination as it snuffed out the apex predator opening it in favor of dinosaurs, who ruled for millions of years evolving and occupying all niche of ecosystem.

The next extinction event is arguably the most discussed and much exposed in mainstream media and entertainment. The End Cretaceous extinction event or Cretaceous Paleogene extinction event or simply K-T extinction event happened about 66million years ago, it wiped out 75% of species, significantly the charismatic dinosaurs. The evidence of asteroid strike got emboldened in thin layer of cretaceous clay without marine lifeforms sandwiched between abundance and handful marine lifeforms. Lucky find for geologist Walter Alvarez whose meticulous persistence with some providential insight from Nobel laureate father paid off big time. It was his physicist father who came up with the wild idea of clocking the clay using element Iridium. 

 Now, Iridium is extremely rare on the surface of the earth but much common in meteorites. Bits of meteorites constantly rain down on earth but the amount of Iridium in the clay sample was way off the chart. It had to be asteroid. Corroboration through ‘shocked quartz’ consolidated asteroid impact hypothesis. Final conclusion came with the discovery of ‘crater of doom’ –a 150km wide crater was discovered beneath Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, widely known after the nearest town, as the Chicxulub crater. All because of clairvoyant collaboration of geology and physics upping the providence. The reason why it is increasingly important to have collaborative study, open outlook and inquisitive inviting mindset. All these singularly absent in our education system. One is reminded of Feynman (today quite coincidently is also the birthday of the incredible man) “If our small minds, for some convenience…divide this universe, into parts –physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on –remember that nature does not know it!”     

Cephalopods like ammonites (quite popular among fossil collectors) too became extinct in the K-T event, but nautilus survived this one too. A comparison of ammonites and nautilus is worthy focus here. While ammonites produced very tiny, barely a millimeter, eggs, the resulting hatchlings just floated near the surface of the earth while Nautilus eggs were very large, indeed largest of all invertebrates, over two centimeters in diameter. Hatchling emerge only after a year of gestation, which swam into the depths for food. These critical differences set ammonites for extinction although they were perfectly adapted to their ecosystem but couldn’t take the abrupt change. Nautilus survived all these extinction events and is living among us. And now after 500million years it is on the verge of extinction pushed by the greed and misplaced priorities of an upstart specie. Wonder what nautilus thinks about humans?  I guess it will just try to avoid. That surely is the best option to deal something that doesn’t care to understand the meaning of it all despite amazing level of insightful knowledge nor the mindfulness to experience, and all the while carrying grand illusion of itself exacerbated by the systems it has nurtured. In the words of inimitable Carl Sagan “…The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark…”    

 After billions of years, when oxygen producing cyanobacteria changed the content of atmosphere leading to mass extinction of countless species of anaerobic bacteria, it is for the first time that a specie has so catastrophically impacted the survivability of earth’s life form. We are firmly in Anthropocene extinction event or Anthropogenic impacted extinction event. The cataclysmic changes humans have brought in an insignificant geological timescale is unprecedented and is indeed alarming. The Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has sounded the beagle. More than one million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction, and are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. The Report finds that more than 40% of amphibian species, almost 33% of reef-forming corals and more than a third of all marine mammals are threatened, and at least 680 vertebrate species had been driven to extinction since the 16th century.  Based on a review of about 15,000 scientific and government sources and compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries, the global report is the first comprehensive look in 15 years at the state of the planet’s biodiversity. The report includes, for the first time, indigenous and local knowledge as well as scientific studies. They found overwhelming evidence that human activities are behind nature’s decline. They ranked the major drivers of species decline as land conversion, including deforestation; overfishing; bush meat hunting and poaching; climate change; pollution; and invasive alien species. It’s an ominous scene. Dead zones in ocean are increasing, latest data points to about 400 of them covering thousands of acres, forests are becoming silent as insects are vanishing, and grasslands are becoming deserts. The report succinctly points that we must radically change the way we live, including how we use energy to power our societies, grow our food, and manage our waste.

Biodiversity is important in the survival of the ecosystem which is very much connected to human survival. It is also a repository of diverse genetic database of millions of years of evolution as also unique insight into the strategies of survival. Each specie is a genius of its habitat and miraculous ability of life to survive and thrive.  Nature works on mutualism and cooperation, any disturbance of this balance has a reaction that goes deep into the connected equilibrium of life. Nature is an inspiration, guide and source of our wisdom, creative impulses and deepest connection to our being. The loss of each specie diminishes our ability to connect with our planet as also with our own self. We have lot to learn from nautilus.