A for Ayodhya, T for Temple

 Let this be clarified at the outset that I strongly hold the view that religions are anachronistic nonsenses that are quite effortlessly being used by charlatans to control herd populace (who are trapped in their own differing scales of misery and misfortune). In recent times the exciting and unprecedented possibilities of technological as also socio-political developments have been substantially and seriously undermined by muck arising from religious contexts. Religions have become source of dehumanization as it is disconnecting people from reality. Even though a century or two back religions had some relevance to grapple the increasingly unknown reality but this very source is now attempting to deny the reality that we have understood, instead of enlightening people of the possibilities it is fictionalizing what is apparent, and this, in the process, is weakening the critical faculties of human. This is where the fake news, rumors, prejudices etc. start to have a free run and society, already cynical with market manipulations and exaggerations, finds itself dealing with unsurmountable problems. There is denial, there is escapism and then there are manipulations by charlatans. The structure of religions have ossified and are reduced to source of segregation and exploitation. They seem woefully incapable to factor in new understandings and realities. Individuals have need to find spiritual solace but they have to be intelligent enough to understand where they are being manipulated, where their individuality is being trampled and uniqueness destroyed. They need to protect their inquisitive questioning selves and should resist any attempt to reduce their reality. They must examine their life at every step and shouldn’t leave it to others. They may have direct connection to their faith but need to use their critical faculties on matter where there is a medium that is seeking to work as guide, that is occupied by manipulators who seek devotees as numbers to work their clout. They may find solace in religious texts but need to be constantly aware of the contexts and work on benign interpretations. They must understand change is for good and that it doesn’t in any way a threat to faith and infact is an exciting addition, and that the reality we are understanding through inquiry is part of revelation of unknown forces. One can indeed posit it as god. One need to creatively deal with the reality. For this to happen there must be independence of thinking. So in the contemporary world of possibilities when we you see overzealous religious youths it is always tragic for the society. It is a limitation for a human and a restriction on humanity.

Religious structures too have become bigger and vicious in its competition and posturing. The more unenlightened and primitive the society the worse it becomes. It rarely has the aesthetic connections that traces to its spiritual beginnings and benign intents. They are another extension of acquisitive culture and predatory mindset. The world doesn’t really need any more religious structures. It needs more space for silence, a place to commune with oneself and nature. The world needs more open spaces and gardens, and increasing connection and awareness of biodiversity. It’s about time that in the name of faith, hard earned and immensely valued, democratic systems are not allowed to be ransacked. Lots of damage has been done in recent times. Exciting technologies are only fueling the baser selves.

The tragedy of Ayodhya is part of this nonsense that is being served on tribulations of common people. 'Lord Ram' is significant presence for people in north India (it has pan India impact and is part of daily life in north India). When you meet someone in village the common salutation is ‘ram ram bhaiya’ when they take dead body for cremation they pray ‘ram naam satya hai’ all through the journey. These are essential part of life in north India and reference of Ram is indelible part of popular culture and tradition. 'Lord Ram' is a significant part of their faith and reality of life in this region, so is the stories related to him as avatar that is known to every Hindu which adds to the aura. What is also known to every Hindu is that Ram was born in Ayodhya, and this is an ancient 'knowledge'. These may not pass any factual scrutiny but what is true to most is that Ram was born in Ayodhya as an ancient belief. Therefore it can easily be logically be conjectured that there must have been a big temple in Ayodhya dedicated to lord ram. And it very likely that these were destroyed by Muslim invaders. And that there was nothing wrong in these acts of destruction since these were norms of the time (as also Hindus too have destroyed many Buddhist sites, so too one sect against another, it’s always byproduct of power) as also there was always intention to loot as temples were known to be endowed with riches hence easy target. Most importantly these were squatter occupied caste nurturing sites that spread the worst forms of infection into society and were centers emanating degrading value system. So the destruction temples were not entirely unwelcomed by common people.

But Ayodhya need to be seen in a different perspective since it is connected to the daily life of millions of common people and lack of temple in what is considered as the most sacred site was a glaring absence. This is an unbelievably significant emotive issue. The manipulative cunning politicians realize it. If Castetva forces had any empathetic context they would have rectified it at the onset when India got independence, it was easiest thing to do without causing any harm. But they used this emotive issue as a festering opportunity to showcase their benign self to the world (specifically West, from where they desperately seek nourishment to pose as liberals). They exhibited their unique entitlement of proprietorship over misery ridden common hindus while they patronized beleaguered muslims with fanfare called secularism they acquired to hide their primitive selves. In the meanwhile to get the enmity thriving they acted to keep the emotive issue burning and incrementally allowed it to deteriorate, to fuel the situation into crisis and went about milking it. These are the most dangerous people, they pose as benign "trustees" but cannibalize. The arrogance and special place in universe assured them that they could control it while playing liberal secular to the world. What they did not factor was Hindutva snatching the control. Indeed Castetva worked to help Hindutva to easily snowball it and gain credibility. Hindutva is the reality while Castetva is fake and devious. Whether Hindutva is able to work on the egalitarian aspects of Hinduism is the challenge. It is an uphill task since Castetva have seriously degraded the society, as also they will seek to vitiate to gain control (a study of sabarimala issue will help to understand this critical matter). So instead of finding the egalitarian references things will get reactive as Castetva will mimic soft Hindutva in an existential fight to not get sucked by it. Castetva is a subset of Hindutva, desperately posturing liberal secular will not help stop the breach. The fake will have to find their true self. Power and greed will make it easy homecoming. Castetva holds no solution, and are indeed part of the problem. It’s better for sane people to shift their attention to Hindutva and help it work to steer towards egalitarian value systems. Difficult since at the end of the day religion too is problematic.     

It was therefore but natural for temple to be at Ayodhya, it was already an emotive issue connected to millions of common hindus of this region much vitiated by cunning politicians. Anything else would have had serious ramifications. It’s not really about majoritarianism or unleashing of fascism (it's interesting castetva taking up fascism!) as is being posited by cunning posing as liberal secular. SC has dealt the matter competently and was much nuanced in its dealings. Ideally a garden would have been much better option but in the context of the heightened emotions, also understanding how much deeply it is connected to narration of faith for common Hindus in the region, it is surely sacrilegious. Mosque issue here is not connected to common Muslims and is being exaggerated by cunning section posing high morals at the expense of common people. They really want common muslims to become extreme, and yes some leaders will seek to gain but this will be against the interest of common people –whom they don’t much care when the gravy is somewhere else. These are fuelled by dangerous forces who conveniently ignore the ground reality and cataclysmic undercurrents for personal gain. Religious structures have lived their life but a temple in Ayodhya for Ram brings an end to centuries long contentious matter. It’s time to move forward.

A freewheeling response

I was travelling the other day and got hold of Sunday edition of a popular newspaper. Abhijit Banerjee was right there “making india proud”, and fortunately for me I also manage to get a seat in the crowded train to settle into getting the nuances of “making india proud” mission. We are so fortunate that he went to US to study poverty (and ofcourse economics), just like the gandhi fellow who went all the way to S.Africa (as a lawyer, interesting choice of career in the circumstance) to know about discrimination and exploitation, and the racist casteist fellow did come back to india with his mindset intact despite his experiences. I don’t understand what a freewheeling interview is.  The dictionary says it’s “not limited by rules or accepted ways of doing things” but the interview had nothing to suggest this definition, so I guess they were just using these as market compulsion to cater to the brand. Intellectually insincere Amartya Sen was a colossal waste of time, so I am not too excited about this fellow, and there are compelling reasons to be extremely wary of cunning Indians where even lawyers pose as economists. And to start with the fellow carries caste reference, and hence by simple logic the putrid pit location is least qualified to give insight, least on poverty. But since I don’t know much about him so got into the freewheeling, and indeed I had ample time through the two hour journey despite the jostling crowd (fertility is another of Senbabu’s insightful interventions which we are so indebted, and this one goes beyond scholastic. When castetva meets hindutva on weekend they call it karmayogi!). Very soon he sets the tone for the interview “We try very hard to be not oracular”. Sure, the blessed in this part of the world are humble about these skills.  They do work very hard to stay humble. Being humble is biggest achievement, and indeed there is well established hierarchy for these nuances.  

It is amazing that when he elaborates on poverty he very conveniently misses the main evidence that surely defines this cannibalistic society and which he is very much complicit. And anyone studying at the grassroot level will be quite aware of this menacing presence that defines all dealings that degrades and dehumanizes. Senbabu too, characteristically and quite cunningly, misses these in his high end famine study (the mainstream posers conveniently blame it on colonists while those with specific agenda on Churchill), it is this skill while exaggerating sanitized indian thoughts that had him besotted by castetva. The “evidence” that is being purposely sidelined while these are normalized for the consumption of West is astounding. It’s like ignoring the knife on the chest in the murder scene and concluding, ofcourse “trying hard not to be oracular”, that it is a case of drowning!! And when it comes to Indians, inbred in cunning ways, semantics is the reality. Everything else we are told is illusion. Hence the arbitrators defines the reality for common people. The ritual of word play is carefully orchestrated. On being asked about pro-poor policies, the fellow elaborates “I think China has done one critical thing which we have fail to do, and that is going for labour-intensive manufacturing. We did create jobs in real estate, services but not in manufacturing. And that's one sector that can absorb millions of people. We missed that bus, and Bangladesh picked it up”. China as a model for labor intensive manufacturing is quite telling. These thoughts emerge from a framework that is still stuck in 1930s, that doesn’t value human. So are humans just cogs to be served for labour intensive meaningless jobs? Is this how we value humans? Or is it meant to control humans so that they don’t become a threat to the system that perpetuates meaninglessness? Its amazingly feudal idea, and coming from a fellow entrenched in caste frame this is quite sinister.

Egalitarian context talks of automation and removing humans from degradation. Policy makers really have to think a world devoid of labor intensive occupations. Where humans are valued for their unique ability. Humans are sentient life forms that need to be respected. We have reached a stage wherein meaningless repetitive jobs can be easily be automated. When asked “Is caste an external constraint that prevents labour mobility in India?” Our man quite cunningly avoids the pitfall and comes out with gem of an answer which negates the question itself and indeed the whole concept of caste and discrimination herein! “When you look at the data, it doesn't look like people are waiting for that Brahminical job to fall into their lap”. He is adeptly playing to the narration that castetva seeks to nurture, unfortunately for him they are not in power and hindutva is very unlikely to entertain him. They will ofcourse entertain labor-intensive gandhian thoughts. Since blessing has to be proportionate to fate. Hard labour is where blessing comes from, if not in this life atleast in the next where there is a possibility of upgradation, is how it is drilled in. This society has always valued dehumanizing contexts. So UBI will not be entertained. It is also not shocking that Banerjeeji doesn’t associate UBI with isolating from dehumanizing jobs but as some exotic political decision, and indeed it is. It is hard to expect castetva to see humans as humans. UBI was a feudal strategy to patronize, positioning “jeneu dhari” as “dhanveer” savior of dark skinned malnourished people with cringe worthy bollywoodian mediocre tag line.

Then a question was asked to Esther Duflo (wife and co-recipient) part of her answer had this “…and it made me realise that everything I ever thought about how the poor work and live is completely wrong. These people had a level of sophistication and smarts that was quite impressive”. Mine, full marks on sincerity there but it showcase deep seated prejudices. To start with, and since you are based in US you are expected to be much sensitive, “these people” is the worst description. And yes poor are humans too, and not to be categorized as some sort of alien. People respond to circumstances and contexts they face with ingenuity and creativity they possess to survive. That is natural. There is nothing unique about being poor. And tomorrow if you don't have money and social network you could be "these people". This patronizing coming from a European white woman on slum dwellers in Kolkata is distressing and indeed deeply flawed in its historicity. It is also telling that she didn’t elaborate on her learning on dehumanizing value system that contributes to misery and poverty, how does caste works into hellhole kolkota slums should be obvious.

Do they really study poverty?                

Very strongly protest

Awards does matter and doesn’t matter, its Schrodinger’s paradox. Significantly, those who are awarded can tell. Nowadays people get awarded and praised all the time, it has become a racket that is attempting to make ostentation meaningful indeed deserving. In a mediocrity thriving society every self-justifying morsel matter. Nobel Prize are different matter. Mostly for middle class these are part of general awareness another burden in unending fill in as knowledge to judge merit to clear entrance exams to get job security –hence blessing, while for high end manipulators these are “making india proud” moment. Never matter most of these gave up indian citizenship at the very first available occasion. I tried to understand economics but really couldn’t, and now realize that even economists too don’t know much. It seems to be an assortment of good intention with increasingly fallacious premise ending into consumption driven capitalism. It therefore works out on semantics and positioning while the animal spirit coquettish every loitering money bag. As a concerned person one is on lookout for intervention in this definition of development that has well passed its expiry date. Most people, as also nature, have started to suffer. This rant of elevating people from poverty is based on wrong premise of consumption. The Nobel Prize website has the gumption to celebrate Milton Freidman with the line “There is no such thing as free lunch” while the amazing concepts like the mid-day meal scheme is based on free meal. There is also much discussion on UBI among influential section who are keenly aware of unfolding scene. Indeed egalitarian concepts of religions focus on alms which was taken to highest humanitarian context by Sikhism, to share free food in communitarian gathering. Where free food becomes assertion of humanity like free air, free water, access to free sky...This then was also meant to break the casteist cannibalistic frame, the sickness that had purity of food as defining characteristic of its putrid pit where humans were conceived as defiling. Such a crude society has the temerity to position as lynchpin of peace while rogues are elevated as mahatma. It’s a racket that is being busted. Try saving yourself, the hometruth is in the open. A violent uncouth society shouldn’t be allowed to position as apostling for peace. It’s squashing on the bodies and souls of common people. 

Meanwhile Friedman authenticated neoliberal economic system is the significant reason for exploitation of humans and disastrous outcome for environment. Alfred Nobel’s will clearly asserts “greatest benefit to humankind”, not only is this economist grossly mistaken in perpetuating a system but the audacity of official website is particularly galling. This 'market thinking' has spread untold misery for common people while degrading idealistic intentions of democratic institutions. Infact it made democracy meaningless simultaneously eviscerating the environment. It was therefore crucial that likes of brilliant Greta Thunberg was extended the support. There is no time to waste. The earlier these movements, that are authenticating “greatest benefit to humankind”, are enthusiastically welcomed better it is for everything that is worthy to be valued. The priorities are clear and well laid. It’s amazing that youngsters are being so inspiringly responsible and have seized the initiative, much in desperation of the wayward ways of older generation. It is absolutely amazing and deeply disturbing that Nobel committee had to be told.     

It is in the same context that economist with casteist reference was deemed suitable. While desperate Indians appropriate a US citizen as authentication of their connection with higher truth, the castetva is meanwhile humbly working on building the background noise that trolls pick up. He is therefore a proud indian, a proud Bengali, we have to now dig deeper into the unity in diversity pit…meanwhile what the theories on poverty will not delve, nor acknowledge, is the crude system as significant factor (indeed in most case the only factor) that is systemic and deeply dehumanizing that gives insight into poverty in this part of the world that has almost 1/5^th of world population with 1/4^th living under abject desparation. That is not the “evidence” they are interested in. The sanitized views presented to West is how castetva normalize caste and in effect themselves as benign arbitrators. From this foundation they have the capacity to theorize to the highest level even characteristically encompassing cosmos. More than two decade back Amartya Sen was in the spot, and I being an earnest naïve was excited about prominent ideas, and not being aware of any reference, or having any background, had deducted that Nobel was definitive beginning. I consumed Amartya’s work with much enthusiasm, all the while reaction lurking in and building its space. There seem to be gap between theory and reality which was blissfully neglected while the protagonists were indeed the proponents. What really broke it was his book on justice (no time to recall the title) wherein he went about elevating ancient India into stratospheric levels in what was essentially a primitive cannibalistic society skimming on plagiarized and appropriated value system into high end sanskrit. When the deep state put money on you then you are but a zombie. He didn’t, indeed from the higher levels tutored subtlety, condescend, to look into the obvious that bursts all the myths of justice (it’s a joke to even suggest) or even any hint of civilized. And not at all out of place the book doesn’t really find much mention of serious contemporary issue of environmental justice. It’s where the economist and communist meet and see nothing but economic value of nature. The ecosystem of pride in mythical ancient India, and its ever greatest achievement (that humanity is yet to understand), is where the castetva has worked to build up the narration for hindutva. And since castetva are sham and pretentious, faking liberal by mimicking West, it’s easy for hindutva to appropriate and build its own brand of exaggeration to reach the mass. Disservice done by intellectual insincerity of likes of Amartya sen is immense. And now we have another one imposed on us. He expertise in theories on poverty without giving any hint on, as much as, the nature of society he emerged from. This neglect is always strategic, it’s a nod to deep state that nurtured him. Now the prodigal son returns not at all diminished as non-Indian citizen.  It is no surprise that castetva are excited and he is, for brief moment in time, in an exponentially declining fortunes of castetva an opportune tool against hindutva and indeed affirmation of high values that creates such merit that they are so much privy to.

There is a crime against humanity happening...

...and this scoundrel is responsible (ofcourse facilitated by uncouth fellow -arguably one of the worst human being, sitting in White house, who should have been kicked out quite sometime back. Market has been churning out these kind of psychopaths in every street corner in garb of professionalism and entertainment). International community must strongly condemn. This is akin to brutalities met to Yazidis. He must be tried for crime against humanity. People in Europe (particularly Britian) must come together to give asylum to these unfortunate people. They are also important presence against spread of Islamists, and certainly a contribution towards positive diversity and vibrant humanity. Protect them before these unique humans are lost.    

Misuse of public money

Should a constitutional functionary, that too at the highest level, be misusing public money for personal visit or aggrandizements? And even if he or she does shouldn’t these private visit on private matters be kept away from publicity? Significantly, why not visit government schools or public health centers or wildlife sanctuaries? As it is the anachronistic faiths have become last refuge for devious people for control over zombie populace, in recent times these have become urgent. You can see these expressed from Trump to Erdogan to Imrankhan, India too has been victim to these manipulations in the garb of faith for a long time. It becomes much distressing when the person concerned is from marginalized section that is very much orchestrated by value system originating from these very framework that he is authenticating as highest constitutional functionary of the land. I don’t blame him he is only following the framework that has been concretized by castetva forces, and hence emulating these is connecting to the deep state, therefore beneficial. Then complementing porcine feudals as egalitarian rulers is another mischief. Without any capacity to rule or moral strength nor ethical value system these nincompoops always favored symbolic status. The main attention being to exploit as also authenticate the sanctum vacuum value system as culture. Indeed the elite working as deep state is appreciative. So the nincompoops pimped for colonizers by exploiting people and natural resources, meanwhile with falling crumbs created wealth for themselves and coterie. These thick skinned arbitrators constructed luxury for colonizers, and assumed the role of benign host to morph the humiliation of being ruled –the main target being zombie populace through sanctum hold. Annual Dasara is another staid celebration when these are showcased and asserted with fancy dress and regressive practices. Lacking any skills or competence they wallow in symbolic presence, they worked it out by paying huge ransom to colonisers and then as the country gained independence set about blackmailing the elected democratic system, ofcourse the cunning sanctum always an ally to control and authenticate. These has now morphed as representing indian culture! Ofcourse they extended their largesse by helping the nascent country some needed infrastructure, and the spinoff from this is what they are authenticating themselves on, as benign rulers and defenders of 'hindu culture'. As is the wont dominating and exploiting weak is now replicated through elephants and sanctum hold over herd. The vicious reaction on attempts to celebrate Mahishasura is indication of these unease at slipping hold over narration. This blogger sincerely hope that these are asserted with bigger involvement. The attempt to stamp out subaltern –that essentially represents the egalitarian value system, need to be resisted. Control over state machinery and cunning semantics authenticated through ethically bereft sanctum tactics shouldn’t be allowed. President has degraded his position. There is a reason why common people admired Abdul Kalam. 

  

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There is an art gallery at Mysore that is now upgraded to showcase achievements of these feudal nincompoops. “maharajah of mysore” –essentially a middle man passing on the exploitation to colonisers, was declared as ‘star of india’ by colonizers we are informed with much pride. Then there is constant attempts to civilize themselves as connoisseurs of art -which ofcourse the mediocre society thrives in rarely touching the nuance. The height of cringe (in this art gallery) was when Ravi verma (I am quite convinced that though he held common people captive through painting of gods he was quite limited, he just was incapable to take it to next level of subtlety or abstract expression that touched the deeper recess of conscience. Ofcourse nostalgia of childhood spent on praying ravi verma painted Saraswati will always be there) painting was elaborated through recorded english, the morons in their wisdom pointed the “dark skinned beggar boy and fair skinned brahmin woman” in case you had missed the skin colour or god forbid there is a confusion! This is precisely where caste cannibals  match racism so effortlessly, as also the context of licking the british and exploiting common people. Gandhi took it next level (indeed gandhi’s litter had come all the way to inaugurate that 'art gallery', he really couldn’t protest on these matter). And if you scrutinize further you will realize that the reason why Parsis have done well has much to do with this than any discernible competence. Further, they viciously emulated the west as also kept themselves segregated (so much so that we are told pernicious royalty in Britain too expressed concern for dwindling population) which impressed the caste cannibals sensitive to these posturing.                      

Semantics is everything

You may say data is the new oil, or if you are gold afflicted sick mind (or have disease of heart –you may recall https://depalan.blogspot.com/2017/05/disease-of-heart-and-mind.html) then you see it as the new gold, that maybe true for manipulators but what really works the system is how it is narrated to the people, and to the posterity. Semantics is the oil that lubricates cunning arbitrators and negotiators to bypass facts and workout fiction that suits their worldview as also control the populace. Religions have worked on this rather remarkably indeed managing to turn even fiction into miracles. The hold is such that these anachronistic hurting deviances have made them immune to contradictory critically analyzed evidences presented to them. What is classified as faith is being reduced into mockery of indulgence that is eating away into humanity, and into this fertile grounds market search its consumers while clever leaders nurture their voters. The impasse that we are in wherein majority are reduced to chest thumping zombies –lacking any critical thinking faculties, are adeptly manipulated. Those who care know that the situation is dire. Its always fun to have the story with the tiger but not when it is mauling you. 

   

    Clever semantics is how it is played, and as expected in Indian context squatters and caste ensconced camaraderie have occupied this hallowed space to spin words to fit in grandiose. This illness of grandiose is entitled and very much churned in sanctum vacuum where all the skills fine-tuned. An uncouth primitive cannibalistic society is presented as model of unity in diversity. Semantics is worked to literally and metaphorically purify and sanctify narration. Those cunning enough to get the nuance are nurtured and showered with blessing. Castetva forces used democratic institutions for this purpose degrading even institutions that were essentially conceived by colonizers to control while crony capitalism morphed further into nepotism and corruption. Such was the degradation. But the narration was always controlled and presented to awe strike the world. It did work on fattened fluffs in west (specifically Britain) seeking redemption by lazily working on lowest denominator to patronize.

Few columnist I was reading will help to work this further (again, note these are not read by common people, it works on echo chamber but essential since these are powerful arbitrators who have capacity to sway opinion among the powerful). Indeed the real deal is working in this small space while zombie populace are just side show indeed collateral damage –they suffer, they die– and if they do it with much glee then it is success for arbitrators. From the putrid pit they defecate words fine tuning into highest aspiration that is almost mythical. Books get thicker while semantics smoother. They meet at the highest moral grounds to celebrate the success of the venture. Meanwhile the reality pokes in as mask slips. Social media has opened Pandora’s Box. What was white washed and sanitized is now open, the purifying defiled fantasy of sanctum is being ransacked and forced with real world. The western acquired civilized nuances of clever castetva slips into the belligerent hindutva and finds easy acceptance. The futile attempt to save gandhi by “jeneudhari shiv bhakt” and his casteist corrupt sycophants will easily work in favour of hindutva. Since castetva is very much subtext of hindutva. The struggle and sincere attempt here is to remove castetva out of hindutva and to create an egalitarian narration of Hinduism. Its arduous task since the cunning castetva have severely degraded the society and have put minefields that is ready to scuttle. This attempt to create a narration in Kashmir is part of it. Ghettoization and segregation, while feeding radical and selfish few in the garb of secularism is the main cause for the impasse and continuous misery for common people. The present situation is result of complete lack of empathy and competence on the part of policymakers in the last many decades –who took people for granted for their nefarious ways. They patronize the select few and showcased these with fanfare as indication of benign arbitrators (who essentially are aware of much bigger truth that most of us are incapable to comprehend) while exhibited proprietorship over common people and exploited them. This then was the template these uncouth knew and gained sanction from moral depravities of sanctum.

Pankaj Mishra –the “sprightly” fellow carries casteist reference unabashedly, has been desperately seeking high moral grounds in West after migrating from India at the first available occasion, and now is in blessed role of telling us how to behave from faraway sanitized world like the multi-limbed gods showering petals from clouds or admonishing with lightening as the occasion demands. He also is in a unique position to “credibly accuse” others. Judiciously nurtured (paid a ransom for a staid book –Romantics, that he surely owes a moneyback to the readers) he writes –in a desperate attempt to resurrect gandhi, as also the subtext of attempting to cleave our pliable clever gandhi fellow from hindutva attempts to appropriate, “Looking ahead to our own era, Gandhi predicted that even ‘the states that are today nominally democratic’ are likely to ‘become frankly totalitarian’ since a regime in which ‘the weakest go to the wall’ and a “few capitalist owners” thrive “cannot be sustained except by violence, veiled if not open”.  Now this high thoughts from a fellow who authenticated devious and much sinister scheme called casteism. Clever Guha attempts to negotiate these by cunningly posing Schrodinger’s Gandhi –the mickey who squeaks and doesn’t at the same time. Neat. Without getting into the merit of this statement (which ofcourse is a dubious attempt to resurrect casteist racist patriarch, there is existential reason for mishras and guhas at work here. Their whole moral ground and the uncharted world above is dependent on this obfuscation, this “intellectual impairment”) we need to focus on the critical matter here “looking ahead…gandhi predicted”. Predictive power is big deal among primitive Indians and this clever working of mahatma adds to the charm, and mishras are blessed to authenticate on these matter. Go to any goddamn sinkhole village in UP or Bihar (which ofcourse devious gandhi saw as model even hundred years ago –such was the predictive power) ask about mishras of the world the zombies will all authenticate in unison. The attempt to include Ambedkar (no mahatma sobriquet for him, doesn’t measure up I guess) is a calculated concession for the sensitivities of the times that couldn’t be avoided, its always better to appropriate and work into hierarchy for the west. It will be tragedy for the cleverly constructed world of castetva if they found out that its the anti-caste fighter for egalitarian value system and humanitarian context who is the actual mahatma and not the casteist racist nurtured by castetva forces with much help from colonial Britain (who also included some colorful casteist words into english language as an assertion to further bind the sinister ties). Mishra feels characteristically entitled to admonish west “Having laboured to exclude a smelly past of ethnocide, slavery and racism – and the ongoing stink of corporate venality – from their perfumed notion of Anglo-American superiority”. Quite clearly, having placed himself in west, Mishra is now a victim (and ofcourse fattened fluffs encourage every reason for so, indeed brown skin in London is automatically a victim, including that monster mullah), he conveniently forgets stink of casteism which cannot be even be dismissed as past since he himself carries the reference of it (which is well understood in this part of the world, this cannibalistic system not only nurtured him but he is a direct beneficiary). Mishra is relentless “For decades, India itself greatly benefited from a cold war-era conception of “democracy”, which reduced it to a morally glamorous label for the way rulers are elected, rather than about the kinds of power they hold, or the ways they exercise it. As a non-communist country that held routine elections, India possessed a matchless international prestige despite consistently failing – worse than many Asian, African, and Latin American countries – in providing its citizens with even the basic components of a dignified existence”. Now see that Mishra has put the onus on top down problem “how the power is exercised” or “inability to provide it citizens...” he quite conveniently fails to point that it is a reflection of much of primitive value system prevalent in the society that has degraded the institutions while elected politicians are only furthering these mindsets to capitalize. The problem is much deeper. There is persistent effort to see that common people are kept trapped in their putrid pit while all the basic amenities are kept tardy and inefficient. That way it is easy for uncouth moron like Aiyer to pose as liberal secular while guha is a gandhian, mishra is international columnist and yes gandhi easily imposed as mahatma. 

Last 70years nobody ever bothered about as basic as amenity called toilet (open defecation apart from being a source of diseases is degrading and demeaning for a human), while primary education is persistently undermined, the whole education system is a joke meant to create dubious understanding of merit, higher education is a charlatan's route for higher blessing. What kind of fucking society is this? And I have only got started on education system, then there is judiciary, health…and you can easily trace these to dubious values emanating from sinister sanctum that percolated into this primitive society, in which mishra is not only an indelible part but shares a strong camaraderie. His angst positioning may excite fattened fluffs in west (he being classified as victim context immensely helps, enlarged pupil take it to another level of anguish) but hometruth is much compromising. Castetva nurtured hindutva, which is indeed a natural progression. That hindutva seems seriously compromised and is not able to tap into egalitarian context of Hinduism is very much due the degradation that castetva institutionalized.

Mishra’s rant on hindu “supremacism” is a carefully chosen semantic to match white supremacism, and therefore position himself in the same league with black movement and sensibilities herein. It is a clever ploy that was also tried to authenticate gandhi and match him with Martin Luther king (it’s sacrilegious, only Ambedkar can be equated here. Truth will catch up). The idea of hindu supremacism is very much tied to caste supremacism, and caste supremacism is quite strongly connected to the whole idea of caste. The attempts by casteist feudal posturing as liberal secular to showcase caste as benign identity is ridiculous and is nothing much but an existential strategy to cling to the high moral ground gravy and is meant to showcase west (since most Indians know what it’s all about) to continue feeding. Like mishra there are many casteist who emerged from this cannibalistic society to migrate to west to multiply blessing and have exhibited incorrigible entitled characteristic itch to occupy high moral ground and pose as benign arbitrator (as sant tharoor – the unhinged patron saint of accented english speakers, elaborating on “glorious hinduism” elucidates “we have taken tolerance to higher level of acceptance”. Its obvious that as a scheming politician he has moved from cattle class to cattle mind!). As the semantic power is woefully unable to control the narration and as social media has breached the sanctified putrid pit the truth that casteism is worse than racism begins to strike. Segregating and classifying people based on birth that too within a society, a community (if the primitives understand the true meaning of community), is the worst form of human right abuse that can be inflicted, it gets much depraved with scrotum scratching sanctum squatter’s immoral fantasy. It is therefore but natural for mishras and guhas to cling to dubious gandhi and soulfully snarl against appropriation. Unbecoming for conniving gandhians hindutva have obviously an easy hand here.

Then ofcourse there is Shiv Visvanathan, recruited by Kasturi&Sons, who use semantics with mesmerizing dexterity in riveting turn of sentences. “All the prosthetics on the world does not quite achieve a sense of the body, its iconicity, its sense of the sacred, evoking desire and sublimity, inviting in turn the erotic, the ascetic and the sacramental”. I read these lines and I was like, holy shit no way! Where did it come and where did it go! Quite sure fattened fluffs will get double kick on that one. Groovy stuff churning there. He quickly proposes without any irony that gandhi was carrier of “spirituality of ethics”. This persistence of raising caste icon into higher plain of spirituality is a constant endeavor, indeed it’s an ardent effort to justify ‘mahatma’ and connect it to great pantheon of spiritual leaders (essentially egalitarian anti-caste humanist) hence cleverly usurp the legacy. Such attempts are always appreciated by deep state, and many have made successful career out of this. Now ofcourse the challenge is streamlining from castetva to hindutva needs (some have started to get clear glimpse of gandhi as carrying legacy of Ram avatar!). Shiv, working on liberal secular, is firmly on castetva pitch. The angst is telling since he too is aware that it so easy for hindutva to appropriate gandhi. He therefore quietly takes the safest role of anticipating what gandhi would do if he were to face contemporary challenges. This opens up whole new possibilities of placing gandhi wherever one fancy. This could be taken beyond mahatma with sufficient semantic dexterity (which ofcourse Shiv is blessed with abundantly, if only there was some sincerity –deep state that has put money on gandhi would have chucked him out! He will have to play his role). The fellow who couldn’t even come out of his putrid pit was “a new iconic power, encompassing neighbourhood and cosmos, microcosm and macrocosm”. Its the jagadh guru syndrome at work. Shiv neatly proposes that luddite gandhi -who had unique insight into human frailty as cause of earthquake, would be writing "cyborg manifesto"! He attempts to encompass highly valued world thinkers like Hannah Arendt –who studied subtleties of violence in breath taking candor, into minor role in gandhian conception. Indeed I am so upset with semantics here that wouldn’t allow this to pass. Eichmann was a cog whom Arendt saw as representing banality of evil. It doesn’t require much thought to suggest that Gandhi too was just a cog in caste framework. He was banality of proposed goodness. He didn’t have moral compass nor the ethical strength to dismiss, an inability to think, at the most a banality of cleverness. Shiv ends his column suggesting that with return of gandhi “citizenship becomes not only an invention of the self but a discovery of the other”. Sure, and one must read Ambedkar on gandhi to understand how our man ventured to discover the other. In a society that is adept in creating others this was nothing short of bravery of experimenting with truth. What a sham. 

                

PS: I really wanted to write this about a week back. I had misplaced my laptop, and cybercafé are crowded, noisy and unpleasantly cavernous. To think that first few years of my blogging was done through cybercafé! Incidentally this blog was started exactly 14years back (and this is my 868^th post!). To put it in perspective brilliant Greta Thunberg was two years old!!                              

Reducing unique humans to collective category

The core of Nazi barbarism, Primo Levi wrote, was its reduction of unique human beings to anonymous things, mere instances of a collective category. That is how brutality works by dehumanizing vibrant lives, by segregating and relegating individuals into mere category. This then becomes easy to manipulate and exploit, meanwhile not only silencing the individual into the fiction of group but also wasting in the infightings as also working to create dissension among groups. That is how nations are manipulated by moneybags, many times detrimental to its own people and environment. Economics too is also cleverly worked out to spread the fiction of competition (‘survival the fittest’ if you will) as natural to create system at individual level to alienate humans not only from others but from oneself. Wherein evidence suggest nature works in entirely different parameters, of energy efficient mutualism attuned to surrounding to create conducive space for life to thrive.     

Not coincidently barbarism is precisely how anachronistic religions too work. Few centuries back these understanding had some relevance, despite the fact it added to the brutalities and as an institution mostly sided with power, there were too many unknowns factoring hence provided solace in increasing troubled times. Now in the contemporary context these are regressive presence and are becoming a nuisance as definite source of undermining the reality, indeed fiction becomes more important than facts thus opening space for all kind of exploitation. Escapism, fatalism, miracles and inevitability of god’s words becomes barriers for solution least critical thinking.  Fake news too have seeds in these. Religions too work at different levels where some have made attempts to reform and factor in changing times and understanding, empathize with tribulation of followers. What remains true though is that there are regressive elements in religions whose attempts at radicalizing have been fairly successful indeed religion in most cases have become an easy conduit. It’s a frustrating dead end.

Indians are as trapped in the quagmire of devious ecosystem that is very much fed and sustained by primitive forms of faith. With castetva neoliberal feudals giving way to hindutva nationalism things are set to become much more obvious and easy to analyze. These are natural evolution as the mask slips from cannibalistic society which has so far being projected as civilized (indeed ‘incredible’) through firm control over narration. Castetva was able to morph itself in the pointers of civilized by aping the colonial masters and studiously working on nuances of west to present itself as liberal secular and indeed modern. The negotiation skills were appropriately worked to create narration of grand diversities. It seemed to have sufficiently awed the west or atleast exoticed as mysteriously wonderful peaceful people. With gandhi as definitive reference things were easy to work out. English polishes loose end and is able to easily work its nuance into the western audience. Castetva was able to work on this as they sought comfort in richer civilized setting as arbitrators and negotiators. They knew the diction and nuance. It was therefore not very difficult to work on narration. It was easy to normalize caste into diversity and brutal home truths as culture. Hindutva lacks such niceties. Their audience too are different. Hence this constant need in recent times to demarcate ‘brahmin’ from ‘brahminism’ (it’s a different matter both are same and equally obnoxious). It’s an existential urge for many who have positioned themselves in highest moral gravy grounds and are quite aware how precarious these are unless it is quelled at the outset and narration kept under firm control, atleast for the western audience where they pose as benign arbitrators with best of intention for humanity and world (indeed beyond, if given some space!).

No less than the uncouth uneducated (probably semi-literate) speaker of loksabha was seen making some casteist remarks, it was quite natural and indeed fits well within ecosystem that is thriving since the so called independence wherein primitives have used the state machinery to severely degrade Hinduism and made it bereft of any egalitarian context. Caste based organisation has no place in civilized setting, and then to attend and authenticate these by one of the highest constitutional functionary is shocking but not at all extraordinary. Castetva forces have been nurturing these at the expense of common people for ages but they were cunningly subtle and devious which the hindutva has lot to learn from. His statement on squatters was hilarious irony that only helps to showcase what is being morphed. What though is not hilarious is an attempt by market media (nurtured by castetva forces for last many decades, hence created an ecosystem that works to safeguard these narrations, exotic feudal pets from other religions are also fattened as embellishment while sidetrack secularism works in favour) in its editorial, let me digress to point out here that these are echo chambers meant to impress very few. English is not read by many, also not many people even read least one in hundreds of newspaper. Therefore these are insignificant but for me these are pointers to how things are worked out. The same that conspired to make mahatma from devious casteist racist patriarch. There is lot at stake. It is an existential issue, a lynchpin on which their diversity, community … and all the cunning semantics to showcase as civilized is hinged on. They have lost the power but not the narration, it is too entrenched. The cunning editorial posits, indeed acquiescing to casteist feudal neoliberal deep state narration so as to not attract ire. “To place Mr. Birla’s retrograde observations under scanner is not to denigrate those born into brahmin caste, but question the ideology of brahminism…” I had flagged this casteist semantic jugglery sometime back. This a crucial aspect on which moral high grounds is being drilled with impunity. Ofcourse the whole caste balderdash has put into its place by enlightened saints for centuries. The narration after the transfer of power from colonial forces has given the castetva force a free run. They severely degraded the society, while appropriating humanist narrations into caste fold and working on semantics to normalize these. Meanwhile they severely undermined anti-caste humanitarian movements and went about to viciously stamp out these ethical compassionate attempts while cunningly capturing the high moral gravy with atmost ease posing as gandhian trustees.

To dehumanize individuals by segregating them through birth based categorizing within a society (i am pointing this because even nation-state is a similar conception) is the worst form of exclusion that can be inflicted on humans, also factoring other regressive toxic value system that works with this degradation (including patriarchy and segregation) that seeps into society and minds of individuals. In its perverse rationality atleast racism has a context of objective reality of skin colour that is used to create fiction to dehumanize. World has handled these quite well, there is a strong value system that is opposing these encroachments into humanity. What the world seems to have missed (indeed it could be patronizing of low expectation) is the evil of casteism –which has fiction of caste as basis that surely is much sinister than racism. Casteism is firmly about caste –the devious conception of branding and segregating people based on birth within a society. This is worst form of human rights violation. There must be zero tolerance for caste and any expression of these must be stringently dealt. Since Indian society being a putrid pit (a cannibalistic conception with nothing much to offer to the world except probably amazing level of mediocrity and devious value system) where the narration is controlled by cunning manipulators these are too entrenched by vested interests. Any attempts of these to express itself as benign outside India must be quashed with iron fist and sufficient determination. While casteist racist devious caste icon gandhi was judiciously packaged as great humanist and presented as mahatma for the world anti-caste humanist Ambedkar seeking the egalitarian traditions of the society was overtly and surreptitiously sought to be reduced as dalit icon. It’s about time that gandhi is dismantled across the world, and very rightly starting from African continent (idealistic youngsters in Ghana are an inspiration). He is an unethical reference and a negative influence for youngsters and society in general. Meanwhile casteist primitive Indians posturing angst for human rights and sniffing for world/universe peace opportunities must be held accountable, shamed and chucked out from squatting the high moral pedestal. These have been vandalized with characteristic impunity for too long. Meanwhile places of worship that has caste basis for priests and other dealings must be closed or demolished, these are gross violations of human rights. Caste must be dealt with the seriousness it deserves. There is an inbred morally vacuous ability to seduce conscience, detach morality and degrade reality with clever semantics.  

The negotiators, puppets, and overwhelming mediocrity of degraded society

So what is an oxymoron? You add reference of degraded society to anything you revere in every likelihood it will be an oxymoron. Indian scientist is right there at the top…not that Indians lack but these are negated by the casteist feudal deep state to create a narration of exaggerated overseers of universe –essentially uncouth mediocres hinging on self-aggrandizing myth that seeks to control the narration and parasite on common people, as having an understanding that the world is incapable to even fathom. Hence nurture squatter ensconced negotiators who work out pliable puppets as inspirers/role models thus undermining ethical value system and rational humanistic ecosystem. So much so even “Indian society” is an oxymoron, it doesn’t fit in any understanding of civilized dealing. Trapped in prisoner’s dilemma they almost always end up cannibalizing. They have degraded even words like diversity, community, liberal…it seems that whatever comes in contact with this godforsaken society tends to find its lowest commonest denominator with much ease.

A society cannot produce top class scientists or technologists when it is enmeshed in crude value system, superstition and religious nonsense. They are just puppets replicating some ritual without any context, or just following orders same as in Islamic Iran using scientists to produce nuclear weapon or North Koreans working on bigger missiles under dictator. Immense possibilities of science is a natural extension of evolving mind. It cannot be really be confined to irrationality of religion or national border nor an alibi of jingoism. Humans are insecure, and those emerging from vulnerable section of society (like Dr.Sivan, Chairperson of ISRO) can easily be overwhelmed. Human beings are expected to evolve with education and must be acutely be aware and empathize with social context (inability to do so is failure of education). Anachronistic and crude concepts of religions are no space for spiritual valuation -these need much deeper insight. Likes of Dr.Sivan are puppets of deep state trying to work out its narration, wherein education is just a ritual that graduates into so-called scientists. He should have known better as he comes from a region with pronounced anti-caste egalitarian movements. His industrious and sincere mind couldn’t really fathom the immensity that knowledge brings and nuances it seeks hence was found wanting to evolve to egalitarian value system that is necessary outcome of higher education. It’s not his fault, it is the fault of the society that he is placed in. This society has cannibalized better minds and better humans. He became just a puppet for casteist feudal deep state to work out its narration. There is much bigger force working to control the narration, to authentic itself and work on its pride in the melee of jingoism. He wouldn’t have otherwise degraded himself and the organisation that he represents (indeed the setup is increasingly coming out as dubious). His seeking blessing from squatter wastrels (and the audacity to photograph the event as news) was deeply disturbing and indeed an assault on scientific temper and evolved value system herein. By doing so he placed himself and his organisation into ridicule, also significantly the success of mission was cunningly meant to authenticate deviant value system emerging from sanctum that has kept people in its uncouth grip while disseminating dehumanizing norms. It became another ongoing onslaught of crude ways meant to showcase and awe common people of miraculous power of sanctum by using state machinery and clever ways of casteist feudal working through deep state. These sinister therefore don’t bother nor understand the immense value and possibilities education provides and mistake it for scoring marks specifically to showcase blessing and designed to embolden deviant narrations. It is not meant to encourage critical thinking and inquisitive value system. The reason why Indian intellectual pursuits haven’t really extended boundaries of understanding and are woefully lacking to their international peers. They mostly settle as clever negotiator or benign overseer humbly denying special powers! These can only be replicators, the ritual zeal helps the matter but mistake aping as excellence. At the most these can do some clever incremental additions or cheaper replacements. Enthusiasm doesn’t matter when you don’t have the mindset nor work under an ecosystem that has any idea of excellence –that surely doesn’t exist in isolation (the connected world in recent time has immensely helped to undermine overwhelming consuming Indian mediocrity and access world class thoughts, ideas and talents). Ditto that violent cannibalistic society cannot understand nonviolence, indeed nonviolence is an assault in such a scenario.    

Also, a society cannot produce world class sportsperson when it finds it difficult to value physical activity and skills. I read in some credible international publication (you cannot trust Indians on these matters that needs critical authentication) that steel was first developed in Indian subcontinent few thousand years back, a very important development that had significant impact on daily life and defense tool. It took terrific Japanese to work it out into the subtleties of art and meditative skills. Japanese swords are not only work of art but are superior weapon. While in Indian subcontinent wastrel scrotum scratching squatters lacking even basic intelligence trapped common people into fancy dehumanizing worldviews (ofcourse with compelling narrative skills as negotiators) and reduced skilled blacksmith into the lowest rugs hence state of affair that percolated value system that undermines physical activities and skills (a context akin to cannibalizing oneself, such is the level of deprivation this society has achieved). There is a reason why wastrel’s colonial game cricket was judiciously worked to popularity; it fullfiled all the prophesy! As is the character of this society the nincompoop kings instead of defending people against colonial forces started to play cricket!! One nincompoop who went by the name “Sir” Ranjitsinhji even got medals (and ofcourse the title he craved for) from colonial Britain for his service! After retirement from “sports” this fellow manage to loose one of his eyes in hunting (what a joke this fellow) and returned to India and “attempted to unite his fellow princes against the advancement of democracy, the Independence Movement”. This scoundrel is so revered that casteist feudals who took control of nation after so called independence issued a stamp to celebrate him. His deviant legacy is blessed as “ranji trophy”, celebrated with much gusto by followers of this stupid game. Meanwhile negotiators as narrators worked to create aura of legends around these effete. People lacking even basic attributes of sportsperson were blessed legends, almost all cricketers were legends with more compelling stories woven with dexterity that sporting skills lacked. When I first came to know about cricket (indeed it was bludgeon in by state controlled media) there were only legends (most of these couldn’t even run few meters, and looked ridiculously out of shape). Now it is a testosterone pumped multibillion dollar enterprise that parasites on common people. As always they reduce the standards further but call it sports to factor in their limited skills. Cricket is amazingly useful work out that helps casteist feudal deep state –working with negotiators in the market, to manipulate narration. It doesn’t even stand minimum scrutiny and in the name of sport this game of wastrels have created pliable couch potatoes wallowing in their ridiculous conceptions to find some meaning. They stampede into the virtual world as trolls to defend the pride. Meanwhile negotiated through high end narrators, the same that worked to create mahatma out of casteist racist patriarch, these then fill gaps in stories of legends. This is also worked as space for liberal values for market to go in for the kill meanwhile squatter’s references are sought as constant encouragement. Quite a study on how dumb game is used to work out narration of greatness. The more money they make worst it becomes. There is one fellow who was given bharat ratna and he still comes in ads to earn few more. Pity that this millionaire can never be a billionaire. Pity the society that has such people as sports icons.      

    

Further, a society cannot produce high art or science without subtle value system, creative critical thinking ecosystem and empathetic bearing. The reason why amazing level of shoddiness in the name of art, science or entertainment that is nothing short of embarrassment meant to multiply money while keeping zombie population satisfied in the greatness of putrid pit. The herds without any reference to excellence nor any caliber to even fathom wallow in the muck while patting its own greatness. More money will produce bigger muck. The reason why Indian effort is almost always third rate shouldn’t be a surprise at all. Even the best attempt cannot be good enough or else cannibalised. These then works its way through deep state hence nurtured.  

Every occasion is an attempt to consolidate the narration by casteist feudal deep state (that is now evolving its natural course from castetva to hindutva) hence scientists, sportsperson, artists so on brought up in cleverly calibrated squatter’s value system are pliable recruits who are carefully worked out as role models. Most of these being semi-literate helps the matter. Afterall deviousness never worked in space that encouraged awareness or critical thinking.

If you think there is nothing in common in the above collage references then you will be shocked. These are very closely working for deep state to consolidate the devious narration and constantly feed each other to create a network of parasitism and vulgar display. There is a reason why ISRO is being promoted (where senior scientists seriously lack scientific temper and humanistic subtleties), it has much to do with constant craving claim of providentially possessing unfathomable knowledge that by connecting with space (entitlements of brahmand) is only authenticated. A society that lacks in any forms of scientific achievement indeed lacks basic education infrastructure, reeking in squatter ensconced fancy superstitious ridiculous rituals and conceptions,  a society that undermines teachers for negotiators is nowhere in reckoning. NASA may patronize but the truth is soft landing was done and humans have walked on moon five decades back. ISRO might claim as technology demonstration but the way it is being calibrated is much sinister and has nothing much to offer to humanity. As much as cricket is parasitising to create huge wealth by sucking wasted human populace working in its own fancy myth of warriors as cricketers hence extending the illusion to market glee and consumerism. It has nothing to do with sports, not in its skills or physical involvement nor value system. A team game where individual’s records are paramount suits indian deviousness quite well without even much physical effort (or even contact) whatsoever. Such a sanitized game that colonial masters never knew could fit in so well for mediocre Indians to work into money making degrading enterprise. This subjectified game didn't really allowed loosing, there are never any looser, it’s about controlling the narration to work on manipulation from the lowest denominator of skills. It even works well for casteist cannibals using market tools to create narration that showcase greedy mediocres as amazing sporting prodigy. In such degraded environment skilled sportsperson are rarity indeed exception. Herds have been fixated on cricket waste. BCCI is what deep state works to make out of Indian sports -world’s richest disgust without any caliber nor any ethics. This gets much murkier with art being reduced to market friendly space for movies. The more money they get worst they churn. The movie herein (bahubali) is what mediocre indians create, they connect with devious deep state to entertain zombie audience. Hence the expensive gala of cringe worthy garishness that habitually lacks subtleties and simply eases on regressive lowest common denominator parameters that keeps expanding with market. Meanwhile as individual's money is definitive indication of blessedness herd go to any extend to get these or emulate. Indeed sanctum is a constant reference to consolidate these regressive pointers. Temples are known for money and power while cunning casteist deep state nurture people who consolidate these (it is for no reason Pranab is a bharat ratna) to refurbish its standing among common people who donate expecting it to be doubled. Meanwhile knowledge is just a means for money and power making them easy target for manipulators. So when you have more money it is but natural to showcase, the vulgar display is a norm. The building herein is home of a billionaire, an example of amazing lack of concern, arguably one of the highest individual carbon footprint anywhere in the world. The sickening aspect here is that most Indians wouldn’t find anything wrong indeed see these as indicator of collective pride and given a chance wouldn’t mind replicating these. Shows how much the society is degraded. You will notice each example here is parasitising on common people to work its narration as overseer while deeply enmeshed in crude feudal deep state and actively furthering it. 

Dreams in colour

Dreams in colour

When the language you dream in

Is not the language you speak in

The language you speak in

Is not the language you write in

Do the dream survive?

Or does it drop down exhausted  

And dream its own dream

Without languages

Without thoughts

In moments 

In colours

  

                                                                                                            (painting by Belinda Nadwie)

The scourge of negotiators

This beleaguered godforsaken society is for ages held hostage by deceitful negotiators. With no other discernable talents devious value system was worked out to control power and narration hence people, and constant source of big lick without much effort, the squatters comfortably posed as benign negotiators. It surreptitiously worked its way through faith, the negotiators of gods, of the past and future without as much as any inkling of present nor any talent or caliber to face the reality. This then percolated into the psyche of common people, a fatalistic bunch dehumanized and always readied to be exploited. It completely ransacked the soul of society into putrid pit while converting humans into tethered zombies. Creating, arguably, one of the most third rate inhuman society meanwhile cunningly fed with fiction of highest estimate of itself –indeed nothing short of overseers of the world. The plagiarized thoughts and appropriated values that is constantly dragged in to fill the ethical gaps while showcasing higher bearing for uncouth makes it’s a hilarious irony. Exploited and lacking even basic communitarian survival skills the society was open to any kind of passing invaders while the nincompoop rulers were fed fiction of greatness and unworldly power by negotiators of godly mysteries. Every invaders was pleased for negotiation –the plea for nonviolence was hence poised to be taken to stratospheric heights, while common people and natural resources were presented to be vandalised. They tangoed with colonizers as favorite negotiators, we were taught that these were freedom fighters. It was but natural that leap from uncouthness of sanctum was always to be favored as lawyers –the modern liberal negotiator, from divine arbitrator to mundane arbitrators was born to negotiate. It need to be asserted again that these nincompoops lacking any skills or ethical context cannibalised on common people. Hence always paying heavy price.

Everything and anything was readied to be negotiated. This was consuming occupation to gain upper hand in devious word play. It also meant everything was to be kept subjective, hence the wooliness of multiple truth and other nonsensical ideas gaining traction as philosophies. Outside the context these sounded amazingly enlightening philosophies (like gandhian deceit) this therefore was packed and played to hilt. The reality being the putrefying pit was oozing puss as they elaborated wonders of nonviolence in a quintessentially brutal society. As is the tradition they negotiated with every brutality while seeking to control the common people. The grip on society was the main concern, for which they could negotiate to any level (even if that meant licking the boots of colonial power, precisely what the nincompoop kings did while working as conduit of exploitation –now they posture as guardian patriarchs). It isn’t shocking at all that the lawyers have spread to all power centers as benign negotiators hence powerful entities deviously working behind the scene. There are many top leaders located in the power centers of the country without any mass base except as lawyers –the negotiators, who have corrupted the institutions. These multi-millionaire legal luminaries in a society known for tardiest legal system. 

The negotiators also come in the form of media and influencers, these are nurtured by casteist feudal deep state with strong market exigencies. They now negotiate for market (and flying angels as investors) as exploiters. They posture as guardians (and ofcourse trustees) with apparently no skills nor any passion or value system whatsoever except as entitled negotiator –the inbred subtleties get exchanged as camaraderie straightening any hiccups hence acing negotiation all the time with so much ease. A swift mix of patronizing and proprietorship where needed works to negotiate even better. The problem being this society has no depth on any matter, all dealing superficial and values heuristic. Youngsters therefore strive to be unhinged negotiators. Corporate call it service industry or management expertise or even entrepreneur while feudals in administration calls it civil service. There is no core. There is no attempt to deeper understanding or passion to explore, be inquisitive and empathize to context. That is precisely what happens when there are no ethical parameters. Since everything is negotiable it is but natural that more money is more blessing.   

All Hail The Lunar Tardigrade

All Hail The Lunar Tardigrade

There it stretch the limits of unfathomable life

The coldest and hottest

In the depth and height

Munching on the edge of time in sugary gel

Slow stepping all the space, vacuum and beyond

Learning the life lessons in the Cambrian soup

A witness to super volcanoes, crashing meteorites, runaway greenhouse

And all the dilly dally dealings of life on a threadbare.

Triumphant alien at the sweet spectator spot

To the earth shrivel and shrug its human bump.