Rajiv's musings
Monday, January 27, 2020
Whither Secularism
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
The story goes like this.....
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Narendra Modi - Is the nation marching with him ?
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Liberal genocide of posterity !
Everyone is fashionably a "liberal” & a "secular" these days. There is a rat race to act liberal & secular without being one more as a tool to get counted as "the intellectual elite" ! But haven't this elite become the architects of a farcical structure to blind the world of the perils of demagoguery associated with these concepts.
For almost two decades since 9/11, the mainstream media(MSM) has adopted Orwellian language to whitewash and mislead the public about the nature of Islamist regimes, political Islamism and the creeping bigotry, hatred and extreme right-wing, conservative, fundamentalist intolerance in many parts of the world.
There needs to be a push-back against this agenda, or our world will slowly become dominated by the most hateful and intolerant views, passed off as normal and even liberal. The quiet alliance between Islamist right-wing extremists and parts of the Western Left will leave a wound on human societies that will be impossible to heal. We saw that wound in Iraq when Islamic State (ISIS) “insurgents” overran parts of the world, committing genocide, ethnic cleansing and systematic rape and enslavement of people as media described their acts and “militant” and an “insurgency.” 5,000 ISIS members booked tickets from European airports to go to Iraq to commit genocide, and hundreds returned home without ever being held to account. Even today you will not encounter the terms ethnic cleansing or genocide in mainstream media coverage of ISIS, or hear it described as a right-wing death squad.
The reality is a world becoming more religious and hateful every day – and almost all of this hate is driven by Islamists.
In the UN chief’s narrative, blame for terrorism never rests with the regimes that cultivate education systems that spread intolerance and hatred. Where did the 9/11 hijackers come from? Did they grow up in America and suffer “Islamophobia”? No one in America even knew they were Muslim when they came to learn to fly airplanes. They looked and acted like average Americans when they arrived on their mission to kill. The sole responsibility for laying the groundwork of far-right-wing Islamist hatred and fueling terrorism lies with groups like the Taliban, the Wahhabi preachers, and the hate on social media. Did Islamophobia cause the Taliban to blow up the Bamiyan Buddhas or ISIS to dynamite Palmyra? Islamophobia caused the genocide of Yazidis by ISIS? It caused wealthy Bangladeshi men to torture and hack to death secular bloggers and foreigners and pledge allegiance to ISIS? They never saw “phobia,” they only listened to Nazilike supremacist preaching encouraging them to “kill the kuffar.”
Our Orwellian world is entirely upside down. Leaders see Iran as moderation and Saudi Arabia as tolerance.
They never question the bigoted, far-right leaders of these societies. In such a system we have to rebel. We have to demand an end to Orwellian rhetoric that brainwashes us to avert our eyes from the crimes of ISIS and pretend that ISIS is fueled by Donald Trump or Brexit. ISIS came first. Al-Qaida came first. Iran’s Islamist revolution came first. Wahhabi Islamism came first. And all of it is a far-right, hate-filled, bigoted, conservative, religious fundamentalist challenge to the world. The more we are told it is “moderate,” the more its fascism grows. And the more the terrorist ideology based on it grows.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Demonetization - A watershed gamechanger
All sorts of sponsored economists & dacoits, more popularly known as Congress politicians, are trying to demolish the historical demonetization effort of Modi govt.
Demonetization was done in a precarious condition of informal economy breezing past the formal economy making India's economic growth vulnerable to enemy designs. It had reached cancerous proportions. If one has 3rd stage cancer, can one escape chemotherapy ? And can chemo be painless ?
What was the option ? Keep building a phoney GDP based on a house of cards or clean up the system and build an India on surer foundation to become a dependable credible global economy ? The answer is obvious to all except those who have got used to getting fed on loot.
As regards the mission of DeMon, the ideal would have been as follows -
A> 4 to 5 lakh crore as demised money which would have gone straight to Modi govt's coffers to be used for the poor & infra/ defence.
B> Balance 10 to 11 lakh crores to the formal banking channels leading to the following direct & collateral benefits -
i) Huge jump in formal economy
at the expense of informal
economy.
ii) More productive money with
Banks instead of unproductive
money lying at homes etc.
iii) Huge increase in tax base
leading to recurring revenue
annually.
While B is fully realised - the only setback that has happened is that A has been reduced to just one lakh crore or so instead of estimated 4-5 lakh crore. This is a temporary setback as those who have hoodwinked the system would be caught leading to demise of that money plus benefit of additional taxes/penalties.
For the first time, govt has the database of the ownership of entire currency based on which the govt will be able to keep a close watch on currency movement.
The poor & middle class needs to understand that Demonetization is for them & for their generations to come at a very very small cost of standing in queues for a month or so. The following benefits have & will accrue to them -
i) Money looted over 60 years & which belonged to them, has been snatched back from the looters & shall be used for them.
ii) Because of huge money with banks, rates of interest on loans will come down leading to more factories & hence more jobs for the children of poor & middle class.
iii) Very important point to note is that earlier burden of running the economy was on the tax paying middle & lower class. Now all the black money generators will pay taxes and hence burden on the honest tax payers will reduce.
iv) As the govt & banks have now huge resources at their disposal, all the money needed for the poor subsidies & rural infra would be available.
v) Containment of terrorism, naxalism, hawala, drug & human traffiking, prostitution etc are collateral benefits of Demonetization.
Modi ji demonetised the currency in the interest of the nation - has not bothered about ensuing elections. No other politician in his place would have had the courage to take such a bold step.
Indians have the last chance to be led by a leader of Narendra Modi's calibre in a world threatened by leadership crisis. Trumps, Putins, Merkel & Trudeau type jerks rule the world. India has a historic chance to take the pole position. Indians may squander it at their own peril.
Raincoat !
(Reproduced as received on Whatsapp)
मैंने नहीँ उतारा रेनकोट
पार्टी का इकलौता था मैं
जिसकी दिखी नहीँ कोई खोट,
मैंने नही उतारा रेनकोट।
कोयले की कालिख में जब,
सारी कांग्रेस गयी डूब थी,
मौन व्रत के हथकंडे ने मेरी,
लाज बचाई खूब थी।
इस कोयले के कीचड़ से मुझे
बचानी थी अपनी लँगोट,
इसीलिए
मैंने नहीं उतारा रेनकोट।
2जी के घोटाले में तो,
मामला बहुत गंभीर था।
फिर भी मैं चुप था क्योंकि,
मैडम के पास गिरवी मेरा जमीर था।
मेरी यह चुप्पी बनी,
हरबार कांग्रेस की ओट।
मैंने नहीँ उतारा रेनकोट।
इतिहास से कुछ सीख ना पाया,
बार बार सिर्फ तलवे सहलाया।
उस निकम्में पप्पू के हाँथो
अपना अध्यादेश भी फड़वाया।
रोक ना पाया मैं कभी किसी को,
जब खूब मची लूट खंसोट।
फिर भी मैंने नहीँ उतारा रेनकोट।
सरकारी दफ्तर में बार बाला,
इस आनंद का क्या जोड़ है?
कम्बल ओढ़ के घी पीने का,
अपना मजा ही कुछ और है।
एक दशक का सत्ता सुख,
वो भी बिन मांगे एक वोट।
सो, मैंने नहीँ उतारा रेनकोट।
😃😃
Friday, December 4, 2015
Selfless Performance !!!
Achey din are here sooner than we could imagine !
* Indian Economy grows to 7.4%.
* Manufacturing grows to 9.3%.
* India’s Brand Value is at its highest ever. * India ranks No.1 on the Global Consumer Confidence Index, ahead of US.
* Amidst a global slowdown, India rises to No.1 position in attracting FDI, ahead of China and US.
* Proactive reforms and transparent governance have made India an investment hotbed.
* In the world’s largest financial inclusion scheme, 180 million bank accounts have been opened.
* Affordable insurance schemes for the poor.
* Decades old Bangladesh territorial issues resolved.
* Naga accord signed.
* Naxal problem reigned in largely.
* Response quality to national disasters best ever.
* Railways & Power sectors running at their efficient best.
* Stalled projects worth Rs 4 lac cr put back on track.
* Infra projects like roads/ ports being developed at break neck speed.
* Foreign relations at the best ever.
* Fiscal deficit is reined in.
* India has become the hottest investment destination.
In just 18 months !