Bunch of Thoughts

The speeches of RSS Mohan Bhagwat and Pranab Mukherjee at the #RSSTritiyaVarsh valedictory ceremony at Nagpur was nothing short of a surgical strike on the fibrals, Congress and the opposition of India. Both of them said the same thing, one in Hindi and the other in English. Both laid to rest the debate on 3 key issues 1) Saving Democracy - One plank on which all anti Modi political parties are coming to together is the plank of saving democracy. Fibrals ( i.e. fake liberals) have been taught that nationalism equals fascism and fascism means the end of democracy. It is to fight nationalism and save democracy that anti-Modi forces are uniting to defeat him in 2019. Pranab da said that "Nationalism flows from our constitution". Nationalism thus becomes the reason for enduring democracy. By crediting nationalism for our democracy, Pranab da has defanged the entire anti-Modi front which had come together to fight nationalism. 2) Intolerance - Not one member of the RSS...

Steve Woz recently recently made a comment on Indians and their lack of creativity " The culture here is one of success based upon academic excellence, studying, learning, practicing and having a good job and a great life. For upper India, not the lower. I see two Indias. That’s a lot like Singapore study, study, work hard and you get an MBA, you will have a Mercedes but where is the creativity? The creativity gets left out when your behavior is too predictable and structured, everyone is similar. Look at a small country like New Zealand, the writers, singers, athletes, it’s a whole different world." According to Woz, if you chase excellence by studying, learning, practicing in a predictable and structured manner, you are unlikely to be creative. More than anything, the statement reveals that Woz knows little about creativity or India. Let's take music .. 1) Structure - Music is very well structured. There are notes and the patterns in which you use the notes w...

First of all, the movie Padmaavat is not a love story. It a story about a battle between Dharma and Adharma. The fight for dharma is led by the Rajputs - Raja Ratan Singh and Rani Padmavati. Raja Ratan Singh comes across as a maryada purshotam kshtriya - a king who lives and prefers to die by following his dharma rather than violating it. Rani Padmavati's character begins as a warrior princes which then transforms into a devi or a shakti by the end of the movie. The movie portrays both of them in shades of Ram and Sita from Valmiki's Ramayan.  Allahudin Khilji is depicted as a lunatic pyscho. Khilji is portrayed as a bisexual predator who kills for fun, captures and molests Hindu princesses and even shares a bathtub with his male slave Mallik Kafur. There are scenes which showcase Khilji indulging in domestic violence and even marital rape. The movie is all about the transformation of a Rani to Devi. The first test of Padmavati is when a princess bec...

It would be fair to say that BJP's performance in Gujarat has been disappointing by the high standards that they have set for themselves. Their CM candidate for HP, lost even his own seat. Although BJP has won both the elections comfortably, clearly some political calculations have gone wrong. 3 key lessonss from today's results 1) Development alone is not enough - Phase 1 of elections in Gujarat was fought largely on vikaas.  Phase 2 had a cocktail of Development, Hindutva, and Nationalism. All of BJP's losses were in Phase 1. BJP needs Hindutva and/or Nationalism to fire up its core vote base. Hindutva today is non-negotiable. Even Rahul Gandhi has realized this. 2) Saurashtra/Kutch Issues - Water remains an issue for both Saurashtra and Kutch. So far, one could blame the central UPA government for not completing the Sardar Sarovar dam. Today the dam stands completed but work on canals that will take water to villages is still to be done. This needs to completed...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) has messed up big time with the marketing of his movie Padmavati. To start with someone 'leaked' the storyline which involved a 'dream sequence' between Rani Padmini and Khilji. This led to vandalism on the sets. The police acted quickly to make some arrests but SLB refused to file a FIR and the accused had to released. SLB then got into an agreement with Karni Sena on the movie. It was then very clear that something is just not right. Fast forward a few months and the story repeats again. To start with no one emphatically denies the dream sequence. To make things worse Deepika Padukone lectures the nation on being regressive. This further escalates the opposition.  SLB then releases a video and allows a few media folks to review the movie. CBFC is now pissed at being bypassed. Politicians then get into action and without having seen the movie demand a complete ban.  There are some very good reasons why I support the release of ...

Experts and novices alike are predicting doomsday for the Indian economy. GDP growth earnings and job data from one quarter are being used to brandish the fastest growing economy in the world as a failure. The issue is not with the assessment but the failure to recognise that Modinomics has fundamentally changed the way our economy is analysed and managed - a change from macroeconomics to microeconomics. The microeconomics in play is also very unique to India and is inspired by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya's philosophy of Integral Humanism. Once cannot understand Modinomics without understanding Integral Humanism.  As per Pandit Deendayal, the goal of any economic policy is to provide a life of dignity to every human being. The fundamental building block of an economy is an individual and his family. An economy can only improve if the life of individual at the lowest rung of society improves. Integral Humanism is also takes into account the unique cultural, historical a...

The Rohingya Muslims are a 2 million strong community hailing from the Rakhine region in Burma. Historical records indicate the presence of the Rohingya's in Burma since the 1430s. Burma claims that the Rohingyas are refugees from Bangladesh and are not citizens of Burma. Since they are not citizens, they need not enjoy any benefits which are a privilege of citizens only. Rohingyas are Sunni Muslims and have their own language. They have little in common with Burmese culture which has a strong Buddhist influence.  There are 40,000 Rohingyas settled illegally settled in Jammu with more than a million more waiting to make their way to India.  Libtards in India are making a strong case for India to take in more Rohingyas and take care of the ones illegally settled here.  There are 3 reasons why India needs to not only close its doors to this community but also deport the ones present in Jammu 1) History of the Rohingyas - Despite being in Burma for at least 700 y...