Barking dogs seldom bite

As my friend Quint said... Enough with the celebrations of winning the Twenty 20 WC. Its time to move on and I just thought of another issue which has been rocking the central boat for quite some time. Yes, its the Nuclear deal I'm talking about.Well I'm not detailing into pros and cons of the nuclear deal now. I just want to talk about the role of 'Left' in this matter.

The Left which has a major say in the central government took strong exception to the stand of Prime minister to not discuss the matter in the parliament had left many a people wondering whether is this the beginning of the end for the UPA government. But the Left has only flattered to deceive in this matter. They started making much noise about the '123 agreement', the Hyde Act and crying that India would lose its sovereignty blah blah. If you see the behavior of the left brigade through out its history, it has always sought to be iconoclastic and radical but failed to do so. It acted as British informants during the Quit India movement, openly supported the Chinese during the Chinese invasion in 1962 and now this. They always think that they are a different breed and believes that they are the sole representatives of Indian Public even though the truth tells a different story.

There is one demand which I found very valid was to have a dialogue on the deal, still the actions followed by the Left were childish and immature to the core. Ranting and raving cannot fool the people in this age. They were left in a quandary with the prime minister taking a very brave, obstinate stand and even challenging the Left to withdraw support to the government. They know they just can't bring down the government because that'd give the BJP a chance to ride the Ram Sethu issue and recapture power. The problem with the communists they accept their mistakes after pretty long times which make them look like a bunch of clowns. Now it seems like the initial enthusiasm of the Left has gone and they are trying to save their skin while making a noise or two once in a while. Well I really like the Left a lot because it always gives a chance to smile at the current political scenario in India.But this time it had taken it a bit far. Here is my $0.02 to Prakash Karat. If you can't do it stop barking.

Hip Hip Hooray

Whoa!!!! Finally we did it. India just won the World Twenty20 cricket championships by defeating arch rivals Pakistan in the finals by a very narrow margin. It's been 24 years since we had won a world cup of cricket and this somehow soothed the frayed souls of a population for whom cricket is a religion and players GODS. Even though the victory came in a much abbreviated form of cricket, it's a moment to cherish forever.

Well this is a very deserved win and what I liked the most about the team was the majority of the players came from small time, rather obscure towns. This is clearly a welcome change which augurs well for the future of cricket as well as India. Why India because now more and more people from small time towns will follow their dreams without any inhibitions and that can bring only glory to the country in whatever field they choose to be in.

Meanwhile this is time to rejoice and let me say this words aloud
HIP HIP HOORAY

Brave sons of India

Does a man cry?.... Yes, when stories like these are heard.

I felt a lump in my throat when I went through an article on Captain Harshan's life. It is touching as well as shattering. And it's quite appalling to see the way society and higher ups there forget the supreme sacrifices of these finest sons of India. No wonder when our psyches are diabolically influenced by the bunch of pseudo seculars who make umpteen cries about the human rights violations of terrorists and criminals and conveniently choose not to acknowledge the truth, the sacrifices which hold India together as a nation.

I salute you and you will be an inspiration for generations to come. And I'm proud to have lived in your times. May your soul rest in peace......

The pseudo-secular class

It's been quite a fashion to be branded as a secular in India and we see people doing anything to get that label, the popular being 'Hindu bashing'. The media especially the English ones accentuate this thought by their selective picking and highlighting of incidents where minority persecution is done by Hindu fundamentalists. And they do turn a blind eye towards the incidents where members of minority community are the crime perpetrators. This is pure double standards and actions by these elite strata of society goes a great deal in polarizing people on basis of religion and poses a great threat to the social fabric of the country. Unfortunately this has been taking place unabatedly for the past few decades and if you analyze the growth of BJP you can be sure of how much this class has contributed to its growth by their policies.
Taking a look at the "secular" class of India would throw some interesting details. Their jumping to the fore on Hindu atrocities including Gujarat riots(which is a permanent blot on face of India), molestation of Christian nuns, vandalism against artists etc which are really admirable, but if someone points out their criminal silence on the matters like the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, 1984 sikh riots, Christian insurgency in the North-East he is branded as a fundamentalist and the whole lot raises in unison to rip the person. I guess these "seculars" have a penchant to be in the limelight forever and best way for that seems to be the bashing of Hindus . However they don't realize that their one sided rantings help only in polarizing the country on basis of religion and it is driving the country to a terrible catastrophy. I wonder where this is headed to and how long India can hold on to the secular fabric that is so admired and celebrated through out the world.